Emergency powers and the pandemic: Reflecting on state legislative reforms and the future of public health response.

The first 2 years of combatting the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated an unprecedented use of emergency powers. States responded with an equally unprecedented flurry of legislative changes to the legal underpinnings of emergency response and public health authorities. In this article, we provide a brief background on the framework and use of governors and state health officials' emergency powers.

Developing and Maintaining an RDN-Led Bedside Feeding Tube Placement Program.

Registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs), like other healthcare professionals, are often searching for ways to improve their skills and advance their practice. One way RDNs have expanded their skills is by learning to place small bowel feeding tubes (SBFTs). However, it is also important that staffing RDNs to place SBFTs makes sense for their institution and their patient population.

Perceived Impacts of a Public Health Training Center Field Placement Program among Trainees: Findings from a Small Group Externship Experience.

There is heightened interest in identifying the impact of the federally funded Public Health Training Center (PHTC) program. Although evaluation studies have been conducted of public health training in general, evaluations of PHTC programs are rare. Field placement components are congressionally mandated requirements of PHTCs.

Comparing postcesarean infectious complication rates using two different skin preparations.

Objective: To estimate whether a new preoperative skin preparation protocol decreases postcesarean delivery infectious complications.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study. A povidone-iodine (13%) scrub followed by povidone-iodine (10%) paint (SCRUB+PAINT) protocol was compared with standard paint alone (PAINT).

Trends in prematurity: what do changes at an urban institution suggest about the public health impact of 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone caproate?

Despite the introduction of 17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P), the national preterm birth (PTB) rate remains unchanged. Our objectives were to determine whether the overall rate of PTB has decreased and whether there has been a shift in the trends of prematurity at our institution since the initiation of 17P use. We performed a cross sectional study of the PTB rate and gestational age distribution at delivery (GA-del) at our institution over two, 2-year time periods: TP1 (pre 17P, 1 Jan 2004-31 Dec 2005) and TP2 (post 17P, 1 Jan 2008-31 Dec 2009).

A case series of unilateral orbital aspergillosis in three cats and treatment with voriconazole.

Feline orbital aspergillosis is increasingly described in the published reports and may be an emerging disease. Orbital mycotic infections were diagnosed in three cats with exophthalmos, significant dorso-temporal globe deviation and pronounced resistance to retropulsion. Advanced imaging was performed in all three cases to evaluate the extent of disease as well as to obtain guided orbital biopsies in two cases.

Efficacy and safety of once versus twice daily administration of methimazole in cats with hyperthyroidism.

Objective: To determine whether once daily administration of methimazole was as effective and safe as twice daily administration in cats with hyperthyroidism.

Design: Randomized, nonblinded, clinical trial.

Animals: 40 cats with newly diagnosed hyperthyroidism.