Complaints to the veterinary disciplinary board related to the euthanasia of animals.

This article presents an analysis of the formal complaints to the Swedish Veterinary Disciplinary Board (VDB) during the years 2018-2022 related to euthanasia of animals, which are highly relevant to the One Welfare approach. The aim was to examine whether the complaints were justified or not, according to the disciplinary investigations carried out, and whether animals had been exposed to unnecessary suffering during these interventions. The reasons for the complaints were investigated and categorized.

Which symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction does physiotherapy improve after an OASI?

Objectives: Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury (OASI) is associated with significant morbidity in the form of pelvic floor dysfunction, both in the immediate period of healing and long term. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of urinary, anorectal and sexual symptoms arising from OASI within 6 weeks after delivery at their first physiotherapy appointment (immediate postnatal) and 3-6 months after delivery following completion of physiotherapy (intermediate postnatal). Symptom prevalence were compared between the two time periods and the impact of pelvic floor physiotherapy analysed to determine any changes in symptomology.

A systematic review of English language patient-reported outcome measures for use in urogynaecology and female pelvic medicine.

Introduction: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are widely used in clinical practice and research in urogynaecology. There is no consensus on which PROMs should be used. No unifying document identifies all available PROMs and compares the psychometric properties of these.

A systematic review of non-invasive modalities used to identify women with anal incontinence symptoms after childbirth.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Anal incontinence following childbirth is prevalent and has a significant impact upon quality of life (QoL). Currently, there is no standard assessment for women after childbirth to identify these symptoms. This systematic review aimed to identify non-invasive modalities used to identify women with anal incontinence following childbirth and assess response and reporting rates of anal incontinence for these modalities.

Self-Reported Vaginal Laxity-Prevalence, Impact, and Associated Symptoms in Women Attending a Urogynecology Clinic.

Introduction: Vaginal laxity is increasingly recognized as an important condition, although little is known regarding its prevalence and associated symptoms.

Aim: To report the prevalence of self-reported vaginal laxity in women attending a urogynecology clinic and investigate its association with pelvic floor symptoms and female sexual dysfunction.

Method: Data were analyzed from 2,621 women who completed the electronic Personal Assessment Questionnaire-Pelvic Floor (ePAQ-PF).

An unusual cause of arthritis.

We present a case of leprosy, an uncommon infection in the United Kingdom, which mimicked features of widely known rheumatic diseases and resulted in subsequent delay of diagnosis.

Hyperventilation-induced asthma: evidence for two mechanisms.

The mechanism by which airway cooling induces airflow obstruction in asthmatic subjects has not yet been established. Using a pair of isocapnic hyperventilation challenges, with a 40-minute interval, we looked for the presence of a refractory period in 19 asthmatic patients (aged 9-18 years). The subjects fell into two groups.

Objective test for food sensitivity in asthmatic children: increased bronchial reactivity after cola drinks.

Ten asthmatic children with a history of cough and wheeze after drinking a cola drink performed histamine inhalation tests before and 30 minutes after a drink of Pepsi-Cola, soda water, and water on three separate study days. There was no significant change in baseline peak expiratory flow after any of the three drinks. Sensitivity to histamine was increased after the cola drink (p less than 0.

Prazosin, an alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist, partially inhibits exercise-induced asthma.

The effect of prazosin, a potent and specific alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist given by inhalation (total nebulized 2 mg) was compared with placebo in a double-blind randomized study of 10 atopic asthmatic children. Prazosin significantly (p less than 0.01) reduced the severity of post-exercise bronchoconstriction (maximum fall in peak expiratory flow after exercise 21.

Tsetse fly reactions to light and humidity gradients.

Tsetse flies are positively phototactic below about 30 degree C and negatively phototactic above it. The flies show a preference for the wet end of a humidity gradient and the bright end of a dorsal light intensity gradient. Studies of activity levels indicate that tsetse flies should aggregate in damp situations where the activity levels is minimal, whereas in practice the flies are distributed throughout the whole of gradient.

Atypical multicentric reticulohistiocytosis with paraproteinemia.

Two women had multiple subcutaneous nodules that showed features of multicentric reticulohistiocytosis (MR). Neither had joint symptoms. Both had a raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate, an immunoglobulin G paraproteinemia, and raised levels of nonhepatic serum alkaline phosphatase.

Cement burns.

Four cases are presented of men who sustained burns after contact with premixed concrete. The pathogenesis of the condition is discussed.