A multicentre prospective audit of bedside hydration in hospital.

Introduction: access to water at the bedside is a cornerstone of patient care. Among bedbound inpatients, water within reach at the bedside is a basic human dignity and one that ought not to be neglected.

Aim: the authors sought to identify the extent to which accessible hydration facilities were provided to a bedbound inpatient population.

The effect of the speed and range of motion of movement on the hyperemic response to passive leg movement.

Passive leg movement (PLM)-induced hyperemia is used to assess the function of the vascular endothelium. This study sought to determine the impact of movement speed and range of motion (ROM) on the hyperemic response to PLM and determine if the currently recommended protocol of moving the leg through a 90° ROM at 180°/sec provides a peak hyperemic response to PLM. 11 healthy adults underwent multiple bouts of PLM, in which either movement speed (60-240°/sec) or ROM (30-120° knee flexion) were varied.

Complete Genome Sequences of 18 Paenibacillus larvae Phages from the Western United States.

We present here the complete genomes of 18 phages that infect Paenibacillus larvae, the causative agent of American foulbrood in honeybees. The phages were isolated between 2014 and 2016 as part of an undergraduate phage discovery course at Brigham Young University. The phages were isolated primarily from bee debris and lysogens.

Mental health service acceptability for the armed forces veteran community.

Background: Despite developments in mental health services for armed forces veterans and family members, barriers to access associated with poor levels of acceptability regarding service provision remain. Adapting a Step 2 mental health service based on low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) interventions to represent a familiar context and meet the needs of the armed forces veteran community may serve to enhance acceptability and reduce help-seeking barriers.

Aims: To examine acceptability of a Step 2 low-intensity CBT mental health service adapted for armed forces veterans and family members provided by a UK Armed Forces charity.

Factors affecting planned return to work after trauma: A prospective descriptive qualitative and quantitative study.

The use of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in trauma is limited. The aim of this pilot study is to evaluate qualitative responses and factors affecting planned return to work following significant trauma, for which there is currently a poor evidence base. National ethical approval was obtained for routine prospective PROMs data collection, including EQ-5D, between Sept 2013 and March 2015 for trauma patients admitted to the Sussex Major Trauma Centre (n=92).

Role of SimMan in teaching clinical skills to preclinical medical students.

Background: Simulation training has potential in developing clinical skills in pre-clinical medical students, but there is little evidence on its effectiveness.

Methods: Twenty four first year graduate entry preclinical medical students participated in this crossover study. They were divided into two groups, one performed chest examination on each other and the other used SimMan.

What birds have to say about language.

Controversy surrounds the suggestion that recursion is a uniquely human computational ability that enables language. A study now finds this ability in a songbird and takes steps toward a model system for syntactic competence.

Peritoneal T lymphocyte regulation by macrophages.

The T cell composition of the peritoneal cavity (PerC) in naïve BALB/c, C57BL/6, DBA/2J, and B-1 B cell-defective BALB.xid mice was investigated. The BALB.

Canine heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) detected in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in urban Melbourne.

Canine heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) was detected by antigen ELISA in 8 (6.4%) of 125 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) captured in the Melbourne (Australia) metropolitan area. Circulating microfilariae were also detected by whole blood filtration in six of these foxes.

Ultrasound backscatter microscope analysis of mouse melanoma progression.

The incidence and mortality rate of cutaneous melanoma continue to increase throughout the world, making the study of melanoma biology an important area of current research. While recent breakthroughs in transgenic mouse technology have led to promising mouse skin models of melanoma, there is presently no technique available for quantitatively studying subsurface melanoma progression, in vivo. We demonstrate the first application of an imaging method called ultrasound backscatter microscopy (UBM) for imaging early murine melanomas with spatial resolution of 30 microns axial and 60 microns lateral.

Ultrasound backscatter microscope analysis of early mouse embryonic brain development.

The history of developmental and genetic analysis in the mouse has made it the model of choice for studying mammalian embryogenesis. Presently lacking is a simple technique for efficiently analyzing early mouse mutant phenotypes in utero. We demonstrate application of a real-time imaging method called ultrasound backscatter microscopy for visualizing mouse early embryonic neural tubes and hearts.

Benign cystic teratomas of the ovary: a review of seventy-two cases.

Seventy-two cases of benign cystic teratoma of the ovary were diagnosed and treated at Northwick Park Hospital between 1970 and 1982. The presentation, clinical features and complications of these tumours presenting at a district general hospital during a period of over 11 years are reviewed. 66% were asymptomatic at presentation, 12.

Interaction between debrisoquine and phenylephrine in man.

1 The interaction between phenylephrine and debrisoquine was studied using normal and hypertensive human volunteers, measuring blood pressure, pulse rate and pupil diameter. Single doses of phenylephrine were given before, during and after a short course of debrisoquine treatment. 2 The circulatory effects of phenylephrine are potentiated by debrisoquine; in a few subjects this potentiation was marked and a potential hazard.