Pregnancy in women on dialysis - A case series - Challenges in achieving evidence-based care.

Background: Pregnancies in women on dialysis remain rare but are increasing in numbers.

Methods: Retrospective observational audit of seven cases from 1977 to 2022 of all women who conceived prior to dialysis or conceived whilst on dialysis.

Results: Of a total of seven women, three were referred from regional centres in Australia, between the 6 and 20 weeks of gestation, generally without any opportunity for pre-conception counselling.

The clinical utility of multidisciplinary team meetings for patients with complex benign upper gastrointestinal conditions.

Patients with benign upper gastrointestinal (UGI) conditions such as achalasia, gastroparesis and refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease often suffer from debilitating symptoms. These conditions can be complex and challenging to diagnose and treat, making them well suited for discussion within a multidisciplinary meeting (MDM). There is, however, a paucity of data describing the value of a benign UGI MDM.

Two decades of patient advocacy.

The European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA) brings together European umbrella organizations of pan-European neurological patient advocacy groups (www.efna.net) and strives to improve the quality of life of people living with neurological conditions and to work towards relieving the immense social and economic burden on patients, carers and society in general.

Clinical findings and outcome predictors for multinodular pulmonary fibrosis in horses: 46 cases (2009-2019).

Background: Prognostic indicators for equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis (EMPF), an interstitial fibrosing lung disease, are poorly described.

Hypothesis/objectives: Describe diagnostic findings and outcome predictors for EMPF.

Animals: Forty-six adult horses with EMPF.