Average Tibial Plateau Angle of 3,922 Stifles Undergoing Surgical Stabilization for Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture.

Objective:  The aim of this study was to report the average tibial plateau angle (TPA) from a large sample of dogs and to determine if breed or gonadectomy had a significant association with abnormal TPA.

Study Design:  This was a retrospective case study.

Materials And Methods:  Medical records from 2006 to 2015 were reviewed for dogs that were diagnosed with cranial cruciate ligament (CrCL) rupture and underwent dynamic surgical stabilization.

Patient- and Family-Centered Electroconvulsive Therapy.

This article builds upon prior efforts to improve the quality of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) practice and care by encouraging the participation of family members in the ECT process. This participation included the presence of a family member or significant other (SO) in the treatment room during the ECT procedure. Suggestions for limiting that presence to the induction process and for providing limited physical contact with the patient are proposed.

Electroconvulsive therapy in chinese patients: a case series.

Although a growing body of literature suggests that ethnic differences affect individuals' response to psychotropic medication, there are little data describing ethnic differences in response to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). In this report, the charts of 12 Chinese patients given ECT in a New York City inpatient Asian psychiatric unit during an 18-month period were reviewed. No significant differences in response to ECT compared with typical response to ECT in the United States were found.

Petit Mal-Grand Mal ECT: A Method to Induce Seizures Without Barbiturate Anesthesia.

Petit mal-grand mal (PM-GM) electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a technique developed by Impastato to elicit unconsciousness with a subconvulsive electrical stimulus, rather than with barbiturate anesthesia. Muscle relaxation is produced with succinylcholine chloride before stimulus is applied. The cases reported here illustrate applications of the technique to depressed patients with severe cardiac and pulmonary disease, and the use of PM-GM ECT in a patient in whom seizures could not be elicited by the usual ECT technique is described.