Publications by authors named "M C McLoughlin"

Objective: To determine the effect of the administration of oral gabapentin (20 mg/kg) and trazodone (8 mg/kg) on the MAC of isoflurane in dogs.

Methods: 6 adult dogs (3 castrated males and 3 spayed females), aged 13.3 ± 1.

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Clonal hematopoiesis (CH), the expansion of hematopoietic stem cells and their progeny driven by somatic mutations in leukemia-associated genes, is a common phenomenon that rises in prevalence with advancing age to affect most people older than 70 years. CH remains subclinical in most carriers, but, in a minority, it progresses to a myeloid neoplasm, such as acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, or myeloproliferative neoplasm. Over the last decade, advances in our understanding of CH, its molecular landscape, and the risks associated with different driver gene mutations have culminated in recent developments that allow for a more precise estimation of myeloid neoplasia risk in CH carriers.

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An accurate diagnosis is critical to reducing mortality in people with lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs). Current microbiological culture is time-consuming, and nucleic acid amplification-based molecular technologies cannot distinguish between colonization and infection. Previously, we described developing a sampling system for effectively capturing biomolecules from human breath.

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  • The study aimed to evaluate how a gentle vibratory stimulus affects brain responses to painful skin punctures in infants and whether certain behavioral signs could predict these responses.* -
  • Conducted in a neonatal ICU, 134 infants were randomly assigned to receive either the vibratory stimulus or no stimulus before a heel stick, measuring brain activity via EEG to assess pain response.* -
  • Results showed that the vibratory stimulus significantly reduced brain responses to pain, but behavioral signs (like facial expressions) were not reliable indicators of pain levels in the brain.*
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