The impact of the COVID pandemic on primary care diabetes services in the UK: A cross-sectional national survey of views of health professionals delivering diabetes care.

Background: Healthcare systems worldwide have been adversely affected by the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. There has been a substantial decrease in admissions for acute medical conditions with longer delays between the onset of the symptoms and hospital treatment compared to the pre-pandemic period. The impact of the COVID pandemic on primary care services is uncertain.

Correlations between joint kinematics and dynamic balance control during gait in pregnancy.

Background: Dynamic balance control degrades during pregnancy, but it is not yet understood why. Mechanical aspects of the body should directly affect walking balance control, but we have recently published papers indicating that weight gains during pregnancy explain very little dynamic balance changes. Our goal was to determine if lower extremity joint kinematic changes are an indicator of walking balance control.

An analysis of postpartum walking balance and the correlations to anthropometry.

Background: Falls caused by balance issues during pregnancy are quite common, and these issues can continue postpartum, potentially posing a danger to both the mother and baby. While there has been research on changes to walking gait during pregnancy, walking balance in the postpartum period has yet to be examined. Therefore, the aims of this study were to examine if balance changes persist in postpartum and the contribution of anthropometry changes.

Stand-to-sit kinematic changes during pregnancy correspond with reduced sagittal plane hip motion.

Background: The stand-to-sit motion has been linked to falls during pregnancy. It is also used in the clinical evaluation of functional performance. The physical and physiological changes during pregnancy may necessitate a change in stand-to-sit kinematic performance.

The effect of aquapuncture at Pericardium 6 (PC-6) on dexmedetomidine-induced nausea and vomiting in cats.

Objective: To determine the effect of aquapuncture at acupuncture point Pericardium 6 (PC-6) on the incidence of dexmedetomidine-induced vomiting and nausea in cats.

Study Design: Randomized, prospective, crossover study.

Animals: A group of 22 cats, 14 females and eight males, aged 1-12 years and weighing 3.

Anthropometry, standing posture, and body center of mass changes up to 28 weeks postpartum in Caucasians in the United States.

Background: Anthropometric models are used when body center of mass motion is calculated for assessment of dynamic balance. It is currently unknown how body segments and posture change in the postpartum period. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the longitudinal changes in anthropometry, center of mass, and standing posture postpartum.

Anthropometric Changes During Pregnancy Provide Little Explanation of Dynamic Balance Changes.

The authors investigated the relationship between anthropometric changes and dynamic balance changes during pregnancy. A total of 15 participants were recruited for testing, using a convenience sample, from 12 weeks of gestation until childbirth. The authors measured body anthropometry with a tape measure and calipers.

Sedative and cardiopulmonary effects of buccally administered detomidine gel and reversal with atipamezole in dogs.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate hemodynamic, respiratory, and sedative effects of buccally administered detomidine gel and reversal with atipamezole in dogs. ANIMALS 8 adult purpose-bred dogs. PROCEDURES Arterial and venous catheters were placed.

Walking balance on a treadmill changes during pregnancy.

Background: Altered standing balance during pregnancy has been previously reported. To date, body center of mass (bCOM) motion has not been used to track balance changes in this population. We recently compared three methods to determine the torso center of mass (tCOM) location (via force plate acquired center of pressure calculation, using Pavol surface anthropometry measurements, and a combination of the two) to use in calculating the bCOM during pregnancy.

A comparison of methods to determine center of mass during pregnancy.

Balance changes during pregnancy likely occur because of mass gains and mass distribution changes. However, to date there is no way of tracking balance through center of mass motion because no method is available to identify of the body center of mass throughout pregnancy. We compared methods for determining segment masses and torso center of mass location.

Therapeutic inertia amongst general practitioners with interest in diabetes.

Introduction: As the therapeutic options in the management of type 2 diabetes increase, there is an increase confusion among health care professionals, thus leading to the phenomenon of therapeutic inertia. This is the failure to escalate or de-escalate treatment when the clinical need for this is required. It has been studied extensively in various settings, however, it has never been reported in any studies focusing solely on primary care physicians with an interest in diabetes.

FEASIBILITY AND SAFETY OF CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND IN THE DISTAL LIMB OF SIX HORSES.

Vascular alterations play important roles in many orthopedic diseases such as osteoarthritis, tendonitis, and synovitis in both human and equine athletes. Understanding these alterations could enhance diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) could be a valuable method for evaluation of blood flow and perfusion of these processes in the equine distal limb, however no reports were found describing feasibility or safety of the technique.

Implantation of an ultrafiltration device in the ileum and spiral colon of steers to continuously collect intestinal fluid.

Collection of fluid from the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract is commonly necessary for research projects, but presents challenges including intestinal motility and potential for leakage of intestinal contents. In this study, ultrafiltration collection devices were surgically implanted in the ileum and spiral colon of 12 steers for repeated collection of intestinal fluid over 48 hours. There were no significant complications associated with surgery or during the post-operative period, nor were there any significant pathologic changes found at necropsy 3 or 4 days post-surgery.

Perianesthetic morbidity and mortality in dogs undergoing cervical and thoracolumbar spinal surgery.

Objective: To evaluate and compare perioperative morbidity and mortality in dogs undergoing cervical and thoracolumbar spinal surgery.

Study Design: Prospective case series.

Animals: 157 dogs undergoing cervical or thoracolumbar spinal surgery.

Diode laser endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation in the normal equine eye.

Objective: To determine the clinical and histologic effects of diode endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation (ECP) in the phakic equine eye.

Animals Studied: Phase I: 10 equine cadaver eyes. Phase II: four normal adult horses.

Evaluation of 30- and 25-diopter intraocular lens implants in equine eyes after surgical extraction of the lens.

Objective: To determine appropriate intraocular lens (IOL) implant strength to approximate emmetropia in horses.

Sample Population: 16 enucleated globes and 4 adult horses.

Procedures: Lens diameter of 10 enucleated globes was measured.

The hemodynamic effects of medetomidine continuous rate infusions in the dog.

Objective: To characterize the hemodynamic effects of continuous rate infusions (CRI) of medetomidine administered at doses ranging from 0 to 3 microg kg(-1) hour(-1).

Study Design: Prospective, blinded, randomized experimental trial.

Animals: Six adult purpose-bred mongrel dogs.

Anti-inflammatory effects of intravenously administered lidocaine hydrochloride on ischemia-injured jejunum in horses.

Objective: To investigate effects of lidocaine hydrochloride administered IV on mucosal inflammation in ischemia-injured jejunum of horses treated with flunixin meglumine.

Animals: 24 horses.

Procedures: Horses received saline (0.

Effect of firocoxib or flunixin meglumine on recovery of ischemic-injured equine jejunum.

Objective: To determine whether treatment of horses with firocoxib affects recovery of ischemic-injured jejunum, while providing effective analgesia.

Animals: 18 horses.

Procedures: Horses (n = 6 horses/group) received saline (0.

Tissue-disruptive forces during median sternotomy.

Background: Acute and chronic pain after median sternotomy is common and often underestimated. The mechanical retractors used for median sternotomy exert significant forces on the skeletal cage. We hypothesized that instrumented retractors could be developed to enable real-time monitoring and control of retraction forces, functions that may provide equivalent exposure with significantly reduced forces and tissue damage, and thus, less postoperative pain.

Evaluation of a novel epicardial atrial fibrillation treatment system.

Purpose: Surgical and catheter treatments for atrial fibrillation remain invasive or ineffective for most patients. A novel system developed to create epicardial ablation lesions during beating-heart surgical procedures was evaluated in an in vivo ovine model.

Description: This novel ablation device integrates radiofrequency, suction, and perfusion to create transmural lesions by remaining consistently in contact with the irregular and curved surface of the beating heart.

Effects of the cyclooxygenase inhibitor meloxicam on recovery of ischemia-injured equine jejunum.

Objective: To determine the effect of meloxicam and flunixin meglumine on recovery of ischemia-injured equine jejunum.

Animals: 18 horses.

Procedures: Horses received butorphanol tartrate; were treated IV with saline (0.

A novel instrumented retractor to monitor tissue-disruptive forces during lateral thoracotomy.

Objective: Acute and chronic pain after thoracotomy, post-thoracotomy pain syndrome, is well documented. The mechanical retractors used for the thoracotomy exert significant forces on the skeletal cage. Our hypothesis was that instrumented retractors could be developed to enable real-time monitoring and control of retraction forces.

Preferential and non-selective cyclooxygenase inhibitors reduce inflammation during lipopolysaccharide-induced synovitis.

Synovitis in horses is frequently treated by administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which inhibit cyclooxygenase isoforms (COX-1 and COX-2). Constitutively expressed COX-1 is involved in physiologic functions such as maintenance of gastric mucosal integrity, whereas COX-2 is up-regulated at sites of inflammation. Thus, COX-2 inhibitors reduce inflammation with reduced gastrointestinal side effects as compared to non-selective COX inhibitors.