Climate and human mortality in Virginia, 2005-2020.

Using an extensive database of every resident death in Virginia from 2005 to 2020, climate-mortality relationships are examined for 12 climatically homogeneous regions within the Commonwealth. Each region is represented by a first-order weather station from which archived temperature and humidity data are used to generate a variety of biometeorologically relevant indices. Using these indices and other variables (such as air quality and heat and cold waves), daily mortality and climate relationships are modeled for each region over a 21-day lag period utilizing generalized additive models and distributed lag non-linear models.

A day surgery admissions pathway for children and young people with learning disabilities.

Following feedback from parents and carers, a new pathway was developed by staff in the paediatric day surgery unit of a hospital in England for admitting children and young people with learning disabilities, some of whom are autistic. This article describes the All About Me pathway, which supports individualised admission planning and uses an interdisciplinary approach to enable multiple examinations or procedures to be completed under a single anaesthetic. The authors explain how the All About Me team works with families, schools and caregivers to gain a greater understanding of each child and young person.

Anatomical localisation of the maxillary nerve with the use of computed tomography to aid nerve block placement in dogs.

Background: The maxillary block is a commonly used anaesthetic technique in dogs; however, no universal recommendations for the best method to perform this block exist. Differences between using this block in brachycephalic and non-brachycephalic breeds have not been examined. This study compared the position of the maxillary nerve using CT in brachycephalic and non-brachycephalic dogs.

Description of a novel ultrasound guided peribulbar block in horses: a cadaveric study.

Background: Standing surgery in horses combining intravenous sedatives, analgesics and local anaesthesia is becoming more popular. Ultrasound guided (USG) peribulbar nerve block (PB) has been described in dogs and humans for facial and ocular surgery, reducing the risk of complications retrobulbar nerve block (RB).

Objective: To describe a technique for USG PB in horse cadavers.

Vascular ultrasonographic findings in canine patients with clinically diagnosed phlebitis.

Peripheral vein phlebitis (inflammation) is a relatively frequent complication in dogs, however, published information on the ultrasonographic characteristics is currently lacking. This prospective, observational study describes the ultrasound (US) characteristics of normal canine cephalic veins, and veins with clinical phlebitis. Correlations among US findings and between US findings versus time that the intravenous catheter was in place were investigated.