The use of MRI in a tertiary smell and taste clinic: Lessons learned based on a retrospective analysis.

Background: Olfactory dysfunction (OD) is a common but underreported problem that can significantly impact a patient's quality of life. OD is prevalent in over 5% of the adult population and can be broadly categorised into conductive and sensorineural causes. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can form part of the diagnostic work up, although its exact role is often debated.

Adapting MRI as a clinical outcome measure for a facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy trial of prednisone and tacrolimus: case report.

Background: Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a patchy and slowly progressive disease of skeletal muscle. MRI short tau inversion recovery (STIR) sequences of patient muscles often show increased hyperintensity that is hypothesized to be associated with inflammation. This is supported by the presence of inflammatory changes on biopsies of STIR-positive muscles.

Implementation of mouth rinsing after use of inhaled corticosteroids in Australia.

Background: Clinical guidelines recommend that patients using inhaled corticosteroids should rinse their mouth following inhalation. There is however, a paucity of research regarding patient implementation of this recommendation and the impact it has on the occurrence of adverse effects.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine how well patients implement mouth rinsing after using inhaled corticosteroids in practice and their understanding of the rationale, information sources and the impact of mouth rinsing on adverse effects.

Ocular disease in horses with confirmed ocular or central nervous system Borrelia infection: Case series and review of literature.

Objective: To describe the clinical presentation, treatment, and clinical outcome of horses with ocular disease and evidence of systemic or ocular Lyme disease.

Animals Studied: Five horses met the inclusion criteria of ocular disease with evidence of B burgdorferi present in ocular or CNS tissues.

Procedure: The goal of this study was to describe the clinical presentation and progression of ocular disease when associated with ocular or CNS B burgdorferi infection in horses.

Cerebrospinal fluid Lyme multiplex assay results are not diagnostic in horses with neuroborreliosis.

Background: The accuracy of the Lyme multiplex assay for the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis in horses is unknown.

Hypothesis/objectives: To describe Lyme multiplex results in horses with a postmortem diagnosis of neuroborreliosis. The hypothesis was that paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) results and a CSF : serum ratio would allow differentiation of horses with neuroborreliosis from those with other neurologic diseases.

Novel Approach to Cardiovascular Outcome Prediction in Haemodialysis Patients.

Background: Cardiovascular mortality is high in haemodialysis (HD) patients. Arterial stiffness and global longitudinal strain (GLS) are important non-atheromatous cardiovascular risk predictors. No study has encompassed both parameters in a combined model for prediction of outcomes in HD patients.

Mammostrat as a tool to stratify breast cancer patients at risk of recurrence during endocrine therapy.

Introduction: Patients with early-stage breast cancer, treated with endocrine therapy, have approximately 90% 5-year disease-free survival. However, for patients at higher risk of relapse despite endocrine therapy, additional adjuvant therapy, such as chemotherapy, may be indicated. The challenge is to prospectively identify such patients.