Current Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Hair-Thread Tourniquets.

Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome is a rare, painful condition that occurs when a strand of hair or thread becomes wrapped around toes, fingers, or other appendages. This causes focal edema, which eventually reduces arterial blood flow and can lead to ischemia and necrosis. A thorough physical examination and assessment of risk factors are important.

Variability of the pharyngeal phase of swallow in the cat.

Objective: The pharyngeal phase of swallow has been thought to be a stereotypical motor behavior.

Study Design: This is a prospective, preclinical, hypothesis driven, one group by three-task design.

Methods: We sought to compare the effects of pharyngeal swabbing, water only, and water plus punctate mechanical stimulation on the spatiotemporal features of the pharyngeal phase of swallow in the cat.