Retrospective evaluation of factors associated with emergency frequency and survival in equids presenting for emergency care (2019-2020): 3071 cases.

Objective: To determine factors associated with frequency and outcome of equid emergencies in private practice.

Design: Retrospective study from February 2019 to January 2020.

Setting: Private practice large animal hospital.

Management of Colic in the Field.

Colic is one of the most frequent emergencies necessitating veterinary attention. Referral is not an option in many cases; therefore, the ability to diagnose and treat colic in an ambulatory setting is paramount. Portable imaging and point-of-care testing has improved the ability to identify lesions and assess the patient's status.

Long weekend sleep is linked to stronger academic performance in male but not female pharmacy students.

Poor sleep hygiene portends loss of physical and mental stamina. Therefore, maintaining a regular sleep/wake schedule on both weekdays and weekends is highly recommended. However, this advice runs contrary to the habits of university students who sleep late on weekends.

Turnover Intention and Job Satisfaction Among the Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault Workforce.

This study examined multi-level factors associated with turnover intention and job satisfaction among the intimate partner violence and sexual assault workforce. Researchers conducted a cross-sectional analysis with data from 530 respondents. Key measures included turnover intention, job satisfaction, burnout, secondary traumatic stress, compassion satisfaction, and areas of work-life fit.

Evaluation of potential predictor variables for PCR assay diagnosis of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in equids in Northern California.

OBJECTIVE To identify clinical or clinicopathologic variables that can be used to predict a positive PCR assay result for Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in equids. ANIMALS 162 equids. PROCEDURES Medical records were reviewed to identify equids that underwent testing for evidence of A phagocytophilum infection by PCR assay between June 1, 2007, and December 31, 2015.

Students' Perspectives on Interprofessional Teamwork Before and After an Interprofessional Pain Education Course.

To evaluate changes in pharmacy and nursing student perspectives before and after completion of an interprofessional education (IPE) course. A pre- and post-perception scale descriptive prospective study design utilizing Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale (IEPS) and Collaboration and Satisfaction about Care Decisions (CSACD) with self-reported statements of knowledge and importance of professional roles was used. Significant improvement was shown for IEPS and CSACD overall and for both pharmacy and nursing students.

The evaluation of a new apheresis device for automated red blood cell exchange procedures in patients with sickle cell disease.

Background: The Spectra Optia apheresis system (SO), a blood component separator, can be used to perform red blood cell exchange (RBCX) procedures for the transfusion management of sickle cell disease (SCD) in adults and children. This study was designed to evaluate the performance of the SO RBCX protocols (exchange and depletion/exchange) in patients with SCD.

Study Design And Methods: Patients with SCD and a need for an RBCX procedure as part of a chronic program or as a single procedure were enrolled in this multicenter, single-arm, open-label study.

Clinical, hematologic, and electrolyte changes with 0.9% sodium chloride or acetated fluids in endurance horses.

Objective: To describe the clinical and laboratory changes associated with the use of IV0.9% sodium chloride and a commercially available acetated fluid (CAF) to treat endurance horses requiring emergency medical treatment.

Design: Randomized, controlled clinical trial from 2007 to 2010.

Back to basics: essential qualities of services for survivors of intimate partner violence.

Survivor voice is essential to effectively implement survivor-focused IPV (intimate partner violence) services. In this focus group study, domestic violence survivors (n = 30) shared detailed perspectives as service seekers and recipients, whereas national hotline advocates (n = 24) explored relationships between service providers and survivors based on their interactions with both. Four thematic categories related to enhancing IPV services emerged: providing empathy, supporting empowerment, individualizing care, and maintaining ethical boundaries.

Comparison of the clinical, microbiological, radiological and haematological features of foals with pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi and other bacteria.

The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical, microbiological, radiological, haematological and cytological features of foals with pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi infection and with other bacteria, in order to provide markers for early diagnosis and treatment. A retrospective study of 113 cases of bacterial pneumonia was undertaken. Although there was considerable overlap in the affected populations, foals with R.

Clinical and biochemical abnormalities in endurance horses eliminated from competition for medical complications and requiring emergency medical treatment: 30 cases (2005-2006).

Objective: To describe the clinical and clinicopathologic abnormalities in endurance horses eliminated from competition and requiring emergency medical treatment.

Design: Retrospective study over a 2-year period (2005-2006). Ten horses that successfully completed the ride in 2006 were included for comparison.

Application of the sodium dilution principle to calculate extracellular fluid volume changes in horses during dehydration and rehydration.

Objective: To apply the principle of sodium dilution to calculate the changes in the extracellular fluid (ECF) volume (ECFV) and intracellular fluid volume (ICFV) that occur during dehydration and rehydration in horses.

Animals: 8 healthy horses of various breeds.

Procedures: Horses were dehydrated over 4 hours by withholding water and administering furosemide.

Evaluation of sequential coinfection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma marginale in cattle.

Objective: To determine whether sequelae of infection differed among single versus double infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum or Anaplasma marginale, with and without tick salivary extract, in cattle.

Animals: Eighteen 13-month old steers.

Procedures: Treatment groups of 3 cattle each included A marginale inoculated ID followed on day 35 by A phagocytophilum without tick saliva, A phagocytophilum followed on day 10 by A marginale without tick saliva, A marginale followed on day 35 by A phagocytophilum with tick saliva, A phagocytophilum followed on day 10 by A marginale with tick saliva, tissue culture control injection, and tick saliva control injection.

Traumatic brain injury in horses: 34 cases (1994-2004).

Objective: To investigate the clinical, clinicopathologic, and diagnostic characteristics; treatment; and outcome associated with acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) in horses and assess risk factors for nonsurvival in TBI-affected horses.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: 34 horses with TBI.

Estimation of acute fluid shifts using bioelectrical impedance analysis in horses.

Background: Multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (MF-BIA) has been used to evaluate extracellular fluid volume (ECFV), but not fluid fluxes associated with fluid or furosemide administration in horses. If able to detect acute changes in ECFV, MF-BIA would be useful in monitoring fluid therapy in horses.

Hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of MF-BIA to detect acute fluid compartment changes in horses.

IgE expression pattern in lung: relation to systemic IgE and asthma phenotypes.

Background: IgE-mediated responses contribute to allergy and asthma. Little is understood regarding the relationship of tissue IgE to systemic IgE, inflammation or clinical outcomes.

Objectives: To evaluate local IgE expression and cellular inflammation in the proximal and distal lung of normal subjects and subjects with asthma of varying severity and relate those tissue parameters to systemic IgE levels, atopy, lung function, and history of severe exacerbations of asthma.

Changes in central venous pressure and blood lactate concentration in response to acute blood loss in horses.

Objective: To evaluate selected hemodynamic, blood gas, and biochemical responses to mild to moderate acute blood loss in standing, awake horses.

Design: Prospective study.

Animals: 7 healthy mares.

The effect of tobacco abstinence on recognition memory, digit span recall, and attentional vigilance.

This article examines the effects of tobacco abstinence on recognition memory, digit span recall, and visual attentional vigilance. The results demonstrated that abstinence impaired recognition memory discrimination (ad libitum d' =.85, abstinent d' =.

Transnational licensure: view from Texas.

Texas has a diverse population with many underserved communities and a dentist-to-population ratio only 80% of the national average. Currently dentists trained in other countries can be licensed after completing four years of dental school and passing either the Western or Central Regional Testing Association's examination or by completing a graduate program in an ADA-accredited specialty. Although there have been careful and lengthy analyses of comparability of training across countries, a fundamental issue is that standards for education are developed by a national voluntary organization (Commission on Dental Accreditation) and standards for licensure are determined by individual states in the United States.

Heart failure and its impact on older women's lives.

Aim Of The Study: This phenomenological study sought to examine and describe the experience of living with heart failure (HF) from the perspective of five women who live with Stage II HF.

Background: Research has shown that women are affected by HF differently than men, having different risk factors, a higher increase in mortality per decade, and longer survival after diagnosis. Women have also been greatly under-represented in studies of HF.