Veterinarian burnout demographics and organizational impacts: a narrative review.

Burnout is a work-related syndrome of physical and emotional exhaustion secondary to prolonged, unresolvable occupational stress. Individuals of different demographic cohorts may have disparate experiences of workplace stressors and burnout impacts. Healthcare organizations are adversely affected by burnt out workers through decreased productivity, low morale, suboptimal teamwork, and potential impacts on the quality of patient care.

A narrative review of the physiology and health effects of burnout associated with veterinarian-pertinent occupational stressors.

Chronic workplace stress and burnout are serious problems in veterinary medicine. Although not classified as a medical condition, burnout can affect sleep patterns and contributes to chronic low grade systemic inflammation, autonomic imbalance, hormonal imbalances and immunodeficiencies, thereby increasing the risks of physical and psychological ill health in affected individuals. Cultural misconceptions in the profession often lead to perceptions of burnout as a personal failure, ideas that healthcare professionals are somehow at lower risk for suffering, and beliefs that affected individuals can or should somehow heal themselves.

A narrative review of occupational scheduling that impacts fatigue and recovery relevant to veterinarian well-being.

Background: Sleep insufficiency is a worldwide affliction with serious implications for mental and physical health. Occupational factors play a large role in determining sleep habits. Healthcare workers are particularly susceptible to job-mediated sleep insufficiency and inadequate rest in general.

A narrative review of the pathophysiology and impacts of insufficient and disrupted sleep.

Background: Despite substantial ramifications of insufficient sleep on mental and physical health and general well-being, many individuals are unaware of what constitutes sufficient sleep, or of the short- and long-term extent of sleep deficiency effects, including those that may not be perceived as fatigue.

Objectives And Procedures: This review describes the physiology of sleep, defines healthy standards, reviews the pathophysiology and health hazards of acute and chronic sleep insufficiency, and offers concepts for improving individual sleep hygiene. Online databases were searched to extract literature pertaining to sleep, sleep insufficiency, fatigue, and health, with emphasis on literature published in the preceding 5 years.

A narrative review of the impact of work hours and insufficient rest on job performance.

Objective: This review discusses the scientific evidence regarding effects of insufficient rest on clinical performance and house officer training programs, the associations of clinical duty scheduling with insufficient rest, and the implications for risk management.

Study Design: Narrative review.

Methods: Several literature searches using broad terms such as "sleep deprivation," "veterinary," "physician," and "surgeon" were performed using PubMed and Google scholar.

Muscle regeneration through therapy with estromal stem cells in injury of infraespinhosus muscle of sheep.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of rotator cuff muscle regeneration in sheep and establish an experimental model for the use of autologous stem cells as a treatment option for tendon injuries.

Methods: Infrared muscle tenotomies and Penrose drain implantation were performed on 12 shoulders of six clinically healthy adult sheep. After 60 days, the tendons were submitted to tissue repair, drainage removal, and divided into two groups according to the use of autologous stromal stem cells for treatment.

Three dimensional morphologic analysis of the lateral surface of the canine femur.

Objectives: Analyze the lateral plating surface of the femur to obtain bend and twist angles in dogs with non-chondrodystrophic phenotype.

Study Design: Retrospective computed tomography (CT) morphologic analysis.

Sample Population: Historical cohort, hindlimb CT scans (n = 30).

Item generation and design testing of a questionnaire to assess degenerative joint disease-associated pain in cats.

Objective: To determine the items (question topics) for a subjective instrument to assess degenerative joint disease (DJD)-associated chronic pain in cats and determine the instrument design most appropriate for use by cat owners.

Animals: 100 randomly selected client-owned cats from 6 months to 20 years old.

Procedures: Cats were evaluated to determine degree of radiographic DJD and signs of pain throughout the skeletal system.

Elbow denervation in dogs: development of an in vivo surgical procedure and pilot testing.

The objective of this study was to develop a surgical technique for sensory denervation of the canine elbow joint and to assess the effects of denervation on limb function in normal dogs. Twenty cadavers (40 elbows) were used to characterize innervation and design the surgical protocol which was tested in 13 cadavers (26 normal elbows). The effect of denervation on limb function was assessed in vivo in four dogs with the elbow randomly selected for the procedure.

Cross-sectional study of the prevalence of radiographic degenerative joint disease in domesticated cats.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of radiographic signs of degenerative joint disease (DJD) in a randomly selected sample of domestic cats.

Study Design: Prospective observational study.

Animals: Client-owned cats.