The effects of ambient air pollution exposure on Thoroughbred racehorse performance.

Background: Limited research exists on impacts of air pollution on non-human mammals, particularly animal athletes such as Thoroughbred racehorses. Athletes have a greater risk of exposure as heightened exertion and increased airflow carry more pollutants deeper into the respiratory tract.

Objectives: To provide insights into the impact of ambient air pollution, particularly fine particulate matter (PM), on race speed.

Client Choice May Provide an Economic Incentive for Veterinary Practices to Invest in Sustainable Infrastructure and Climate Change Education.

To assess how pet owners perceive the role of veterinary medicine in addressing climate change and animal health and determine if there is a client-driven economic incentive to establish sustainable veterinary business practices. 1,044 dog and/or cat owners residing in the United States who had used veterinary services within the last 3 years. An online Amazon mTurk survey about climate change and the perceived effects on client-owned dogs and cats was distributed to pet owners.

Newly Initiated In-Hospital Antipsychotics Continued at Discharge in Non-psychiatric Patients.

Antipsychotics are commonly initiated in the hospital for agitation and delirium and may be inappropriately continued upon floor transfer and at discharge. We sought to evaluate the magnitude of this issue within our health care system. We conducted a multicenter, retrospective cohort study within a 22-hospital health care system to evaluate the proportion of patients without identifiable psychiatric illness who received newly initiated inpatient antipsychotics and were then continued on an antipsychotic at hospital discharge.

Iron Supplements for Infants at Risk for Iron Deficiency.

Professional societies have published recommendations for iron dosing of preterm neonates, but differences exist between guidelines. To help develop standardized guidelines, we performed a 10-year analysis of iron dosing in groups at risk for iron deficiency: IDM (infants of diabetic mothers), SGA (small for gestational age), and VLBW premature neonates (very low birth weight, <1500 g). We analyzed iron dosing after red cell transfusions and erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESA).