Improvements in Transitional Care Among Medicaid-Insured Patients With Serious Mental Illness.

Background: The Thrive program is an evidenced-based care model for Medicaid-insured adults in the hospital-to-home transition. A substantial portion of Thrive participants live with serious mental illness (SMI), yet Thrive's efficacy has not been tested among these patients.

Purpose: To compare 30-day postdischarge outcomes between Thrive participants with and without SMI and explore Thrive's appropriateness and acceptability among participants with SMI.

Age-related trends in urine specific gravity in apparently healthy cats.

Objectives: Urine specific gravity (USG) is the most common method for the estimation of urine concentration in cats. Utilization of USG as a screening tool is easily accessible and is of low cost to the client if strategically utilized in settings of higher diagnostic value. There is currently minimal population information regarding how USG changes across ages in cats.

Effective removal of gadolinium with hemodialysis in a dog with severe acute on chronic kidney injury.

Objective: To describe the use of intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) to remove gadolinium (28.1 mg/kg dose) in a dog with severe kidney disease.

Case Summary: A 12-year-old neutered female Yorkshire Terrier presented with severe acute-on-chronic kidney injury and concurrent neurological signs.

Successful hemodialysis treatment of a Quarter Horse mare with silver maple leaf toxicity and acute kidney injury.

An adult American Quarter Horse mare presented for pigmenturia and lethargy of 12 hours' duration and was diagnosed with silver maple leaf toxicity. The mare had intravascular hemolysis and azotemia. The mare was treated with a transfusion of whole blood, fluids administered IV, antibiotics, oxygen insufflation, and supportive care.