Incidence, characteristics and influencing factors of medical adhesive-related skin injury in the indwelling urinary catheter attachment region in critically ill patients: A longitudinal study.

Background: Medical adhesives are potentially harmful to the skin, depending on the patient's condition, the adhesive agent and the adhesive application and removal technique.

Aim: The objective of the study was to determine the incidence, characteristics and influencing factors of medical adhesive-related skin injury from the indwelling urinary catheter attachment in critically ill patients.

Study Design: This is a longitudinal study.

Fertility programs for lactating dairy cows: a novel Presynch + Timed AI program (Double E-Synch) produces similar ovarian dynamics, synchronization, and fertility as Double-Ovsynch.

Fertility programs were implemented for the first postpartum timed-AI (TAI) in 800 (primiparous and multiparous) lactating dairy cows, evaluating 2 presynchronization (presynch) strategies and 2 TAI protocols, in a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement. Weekly, cows were enrolled into 1 of 4 groups (Ovs+Ovs [Double-Ovsynch], Ovs+OvsP4/E2, PreP4/E2+Ovs and PreP4/E2+OvsP4/E2 [Double E-Synch). On d -17 (34 ± 3 d in milk), the Ovs presynch was initiated with 10 µg of buserelin acetate (GnRH), and cows received 0.

Repeatability and reproducibility of a tomographic method for measuring tibial torsion in dogs with medial patellar luxation.

Objective: To describe a new method for the tomographic measurement of canine tibial torsion, evaluate its repeatability and reproducibility, measure the torsion in 40 canine tibiae using both the new and traditional methods, and compare the results.

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Sample Population: Tomographic study of the tibiae (n = 40) of client-owned dogs with medial patellar luxation (MPL).

Harms of Morphine for Chronic Breathlessness in Relation to Dose, Duration and Titration Phase.

Context: Morphine to treat severe chronic breathlessness might increase adverse events (AEs).

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the risk of AEs in relation to dose, duration and titration phase of regular, low-dose sustained-release (SR) oral morphine for chronic breathlessness in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Methods: Secondary analysis of a double-blind, randomized, trial of SR morphine titrated to 0-32 mg/day over three weeks in people with COPD and chronic breathlessness.

subsp. : Biofilm Formation, Host Immune Response, and Therapeutic Strategies.

Infection by subsp. poses a growing public health threat, especially to immunocompromised individuals. The pathogenicity of this mycobacterium is directly linked to its ability to form biofilms, complex structures that confer resistance to antibiotics and the host immune response.