Publications by authors named "A Mather"
Factors Associated with the Innate Orthopedic Ability of Veterinary Students.
J Vet Med Educ
October 2024
Relatively little is known about the innate surgical ability of veterinary undergraduates. The objective of this study was to investigate if there were differences in the innate surgical ability of a cohort of 142 third-year veterinary undergraduate students to perform a series of simulated orthopedic surgical tasks, and whether specific factors influenced their innate ability. Participants performed four simulated surgical tasks; "depth of plunge"-an assessment of the "plunge" depth through foam when drilling through the trans cortex of a PVC pipe; "3-dimensional drilling"-an assessment of accuracy when drilling through a block of wood; "depth measurement"-an assessment of the ability to correctly measure the depth of holes in PVC pipe; and "fracture reduction"-where the speed and systematic reduction of a simulated fracture was assessed using a rubric score.
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- The Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) shifted from the BpTRU BPM-300 to the OMRON IntelliSense HEM-907XL blood pressure monitor in Cycle 7, prompting an assessment of differences in blood pressure (BP) readings between the two devices for adults aged 18 to 79 years.
- Data from Cycle 6, involving 1,072 participants, indicated that average systolic BP readings were higher with the OMRON device, while diastolic BP readings were lower compared to the BpTRU device; the overall hypertension prevalence was slightly higher based on OMRON readings.
- The study emphasizes that changing BP monitors can significantly influence population BP estimates but might not greatly affect hypertension
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- Adrenal vein sampling (AVS) is the preferred method for identifying unilateral subtypes of primary aldosteronism (PA), which can be treated with surgery for a potential cure.
- The procedure is technically demanding and often performed by specialized interventional radiologists, but variations in protocols can affect its success and patient care.
- To standardize AVS practices and improve outcomes, an Australian and New Zealand AVS Working Group was formed to create expert consensus recommendations that can be utilized by all healthcare professionals involved in PA management.
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