Vestibular Infant Screening-Rehabilitation (VIS-REHAB): protocol for a randomised controlled trial on Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT) in vestibular-impaired children.

Introduction: A vestibular deficit can have a substantial impact on the overall development of children. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that vestibular-impaired problems are treated early and effectively through Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT). Although VRT is sufficiently proven and standardised in adults, there remains a lack of research examining its efficacy in children.

A modular, human body-mimicking phantom with active thermoregulation capabilities for validation and verification of convective hyperthermia devices.

Objectives: This study aims to design and fabricate a modular phantom for hyperthermia applications, addressing interpatient variability in thermal regulation mechanisms like sweating rate, metabolic heat production, and blood redistribution.

Materials & Methods: The phantom can be constructed in various weights and dimensions by connecting identical units. Each unit consists of an agar-based block, an ethyl cellulose-based top layer, a heat source, deep and superficial water circulation, and a sweating mechanism.

The one-minute sit-to-stand test: A practical tool for assessing functional exercise capacity in patients with COPD in routine clinical practice.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with a reduced exercise capacity. Although several field tests for exercise capacity have been modified for non-standard settings, i.e.

Pegylated-l-asparaginase therapy for feline large cell lymphoma: 82 cases (2017-2020).

Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate pegylated-l-asparaginase monotherapy for feline large cell lymphoma as a potential alternative to palliative corticosteroids treatment in animals whose owners declined cytotoxic chemotherapy.

Methods: A retrospective, descriptive case series of cats treated initially with pegylated-l-asparaginase as a sole therapy for feline large cell lymphoma is reported. The treatment protocol consisted of 12 intramuscular injections of pegylated-l-asparaginase with increasing intervals.

Increasing age and severe intraoperative hypotension associated with nonsurvival in dogs with gallbladder mucocele undergoing cholecystectomy.

Objective: To identify prognostic indicators and inflammatory markers associated with nonsurvival in dogs with gallbladder mucoceles (GBMs) following cholecystectomy and to evaluate C-reactive protein (CRP) and haptoglobin concentrations in dogs with GBMs compared to healthy controls.

Animals: 25 dogs that underwent cholecystectomy for removal of GBM and 20 healthy control dogs.

Methods: A prospective, multicenter cohort study.