The Interpretation of Serum Biochemistry Test Results in Domestic Animals

1984 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Boyd
Keyword(s):  
Serum Biochemistry ◽  
Domestic Animals ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Biochemistry Test

scholarly journals A Case of Central Pontine Myelinolysis Caused by Hypophosphatemia Secondary to Refeeding Syndrome

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chikara Yamashita ◽  
Hiroshi Shigeto ◽  
Norihisa Maeda ◽  
Takako Torii ◽  
Yasumasa Ohyagi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Serum Sodium ◽  
Central Pontine Myelinolysis ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Serum Biochemistry ◽  
Refeeding Syndrome ◽  
Pontine Myelinolysis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Biochemistry Test ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri ◽  
Central Pontine

Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM), which was originally considered to be the result of rapid correction of chronic hyponatremia, is not necessarily accompanied by hyponatremia or drastic changes in serum sodium level. Here, we report a case of an anorexic 55-year-old male with a history of pharyngo-laryngo-esophagogastrectomy, initially hospitalized with status epilepticus. Although his consciousness gradually recovered as we were controlling his convulsion, it deteriorated again with new onset of anisocoria, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at this point revealed CPM. Rapid change of serum sodium or osmolarity, which is often associated with CPM, had not been apparent throughout his hospitalization. Instead, a review of the serum biochemistry test results showed that serum phosphate had drastically declined the day before the MRI first detected CPM. In this case, we suspect that hypophosphatemia induced by refeeding syndrome greatly contributed to the occurrence of CPM.

scholarly journals Retrospective Evaluation of Vector-borne Infections in Cats Living in Germany (2012-2020)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingo Schäfer ◽  
Barbara Kohn ◽  
Maria Volkmann ◽  
Elisabeth Müller
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Blood Feeding ◽  
Domestic Animals ◽  
Indirect Detection ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Viral Pathogens ◽  
Diagnostic Panel ◽  
Vector Borne

Abstract Background: Blood-feeding arthropods can transmit parasitic, bacterial, or viral pathogens to domestic animals and wildlife. Vector-borne infections are gaining significance due to the increase of travel, import of domestic animals from abroad, and due to the changing climate in Europe. The main objective of this retrospective study was to assess the prevalence of some vector-borne infections in cats in which a ‘Feline Travel Profile’ had been conducted. Methods: This retrospective study included test results from cats for which a ‘Feline Travel Profile’ established by the laboratory LABOKLIN had been requested by veterinarians in Germany between April 2012 and March 2020. This above-mentioned diagnostic panel contains direct detection methods via PCR for Hepatozoon spp. and Dirofilaria spp. as well as indirect detection methods via IFAT for Ehrlichia spp. and Leishmania spp. The profile was expanded to include an IFAT for Rickettsia spp. from July 2015 onwards. The prevalence of the different vector-borne infectious agents was calculated. Results: A total of 624 cats were tested using the ‘Feline Travel Profile’. Serological samples for indirect detection methods were available for all 624 cats, EDTA-samples for direct detection methods for 618 cats. Positive test results were as follows: Ehrlichia spp. IFAT 73 out of 624 (12%), Leishmania spp. IFAT 22 out of 624 (4%), Hepatozoon spp. PCR 53 out of 618 (9%), Dirofilaria spp. PCR 1 out of 618 cats (0.2%) and, tested from July 2015 onwards, Rickettsia spp. IFAT 52 out of 467 cats (11%). At least one infection was present in 175 out of 624 cats. Three coinfections were detected before 2015; after including the Rickettsia spp. test results there were 19 cats with confections (in 14 out of these 19 cats Rickettsia spp. were involved).Conclusions: 175 out of 624 cats (28%) were tested positive for at least one vector-borne pathogen. Infections with multiple pathogens could be detected in 4% of the cats from 2012 to 2020. The data emphasizes the importance of considering the above-mentioned vector-borne infections as potential differential diagnoses in cats.

scholarly journals Variation in biochemistry test results between annual wellness visits in apparently healthy Golden Retrievers

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 912-924
Author(s):  
Unity Jeffery ◽  
Nick D. Jeffery ◽  
Kate E. Creevy ◽  
Rod Page ◽  
Melissa J. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Test Results ◽  
Biochemistry Test ◽  
Apparently Healthy

scholarly journals Awareness of patients seeking a medicogenetic counseling as a factor for prevention of hereditary and congenital diseases

2014 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-370
Author(s):  
N A Kasimovskaya ◽  
I I Yakushina
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Genetic Counseling ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Congenital Abnormalities ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Congenital Diseases ◽  
Future Child ◽  
Biochemistry Test

Aim. To evaluate the awareness of patients of questions of medical genetics at the stage of family planning before pregnancy. Methods. Sociological, statistical and analytical analysis was performed. 350 respondents participated in the survey, including 304 pregnant women. Results. 219 (62.6%) of 350 respondents reported that they didn’t know the risk factors for hereditary and congenital diseases. Smoking as a risk factor was noted by 32 (9.1%) of all respondents, alcohol abuse - by 7 (2%), drug abuse - by 3 (0.9%), medication intake - by 24 (6.9%), infections - by 20 (5.7%), the presence of disease with hereditary predisposition - by 25 (7.1%), malnutrition - by 20 (5.7%) respondents. Approximately half of all respondents reported that they «know about the threads associated with hereditary and congenital diseases for the health status of their future child», 39.1% «knew, but not enough», 11.2% «didn’t know». Out of 350 respondents, 299 (85.4%) have never seek for medicogenetic counseling for pregnancy planning before. The main reasons for seeking for medicogenetic counseling were: abnormal biochemistry test results found at screening - in 169 (55.6%) of cases, seeking for prognosis of the future child health - in 61 (20.1%) of cases, age over 35 years - in 39 (12.8%) cases. Almost one-third of all responders (33.2%) did not know about methods for hereditary and congenital abnormalities prevention, 41.2% «knew, but not enough», and only 25.6% thought that they knew about those methods. Conclusion. The patients are seeking for the medical and genetic counseling in retrospect, when they already have health problems, and they are not informed about medical and genetic counseling, as well as are unaware of the importance of risk factors and methods for hereditary and congenital abnormalities prevention.

scholarly journals Comparison of a 5 F Microtube-Irrigated Ablation Catheter and a General Ablation Catheter in the Treatment of Resistant Hypertension with Renal Denervation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zong-Jun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Ambulatory Blood Pressure ◽  
Resistant Hypertension ◽  
Renal Denervation ◽  
Antihypertensive Drugs ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Ablation Catheter ◽  
Catheter Group ◽  
Biochemistry Test

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of catheter-based renal denervation for reducing blood pressure in patients withresistant hypertension using a 5 F microtube-irrigated ablation catheter.Methods: Sixty patients with resistant hypertension were divided into two groups: a microtube-irrigated ablation catheter group and a general ablation catheter group. We conducted 12-month follow-up of all patients and recorded clinical blood pressure, ambulatory blood pressure, medication use, and biochemistry test results in both groups at the baseline and at the 12-month follow-up.Results: All patients underwent renal denervation. At the 6-month follow-up, ambulatory blood pressure in the microtube-irrigated ablation catheter group was significantly lower than in the general ablation catheter group (systolic blood pressure 142.0 ± 14.4 mmHg vs. 150.8 ± 17.9 mmHg, P = 0.04; diastolic blood pressure 81.2 ± 7.0 mmHg vs. 87.6 ± 8.0 mmHg, P = 0.002). At the 12-month follow-up, the between-group difference in ambulatory blood pressure was not statistically significant. At the 12-month follow-up, the number of antihypertensive drugs and diuretics used in the microtube-irrigated ablation catheter group was less than in the general ablation catheter group (P = 0.043). There was no statistical difference between the two groups in the results of biochemistry tests and echocardiography.Conclusion: The microtube-irrigated ablation catheter is more effective in treating hypertension than the generalablation catheter at the 6-month follow up and thus fewer antihypertensive drugs were used in the microtube-irrigatedablation catheter group than in the general ablation catheter group.

Using Conventional Articulation Tests With Highly Unintelligible Children

1992 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela G. Garn-Nunn ◽  
Vicki Martin
Keyword(s):  
Test Results ◽  
Phonological Processes ◽  
Rule Based ◽  
Severity Level ◽  
Error Sensitivity ◽  
Conventional Tests ◽  
Severity Levels ◽  
Conventional Test ◽  
Impaired Children

This study explored whether or not standard administration and scoring of conventional articulation tests accurately identified children as phonologically disordered and whether or not information from these tests established severity level and programming needs. Results of standard scoring procedures from the Assessment of Phonological Processes-Revised, the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation, the Photo Articulation Test, and the Weiss Comprehensive Articulation Test were compared for 20 phonologically impaired children. All tests identified the children as phonologically delayed/disordered, but the conventional tests failed to clearly and consistently differentiate varying severity levels. Conventional test results also showed limitations in error sensitivity, ease of computation for scoring procedures, and implications for remediation programming. The use of some type of rule-based analysis for phonologically impaired children is highly recommended.

Vestibular Function and Motion Sickness Susceptibility: Videonystagmographic Evidence From Oculomotor and Caloric Tests

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-198
Author(s):  
Cynthia G. Fowler ◽  
Margaret Dallapiazza ◽  
Kathleen Talbot Hadsell
Keyword(s):  
Phase Velocity ◽  
Motion Sickness ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Vestibular Function ◽  
Slow Phase ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Normal Range ◽  
Slow Phase Velocity ◽  
Caloric Tests

Purpose Motion sickness (MS) is a common condition that affects millions of individuals. Although the condition is common and can be debilitating, little research has focused on the vestibular function associated with susceptibility to MS. One causal theory of MS is an asymmetry of vestibular function within or between ears. The purposes of this study, therefore, were (a) to determine if the vestibular system (oculomotor and caloric tests) in videonystagmography (VNG) is associated with susceptibility to MS and (b) to determine if these tests support the theory of an asymmetry between ears associated with MS susceptibility. Method VNG was used to measure oculomotor and caloric responses. Fifty young adults were recruited; 50 completed the oculomotor tests, and 31 completed the four caloric irrigations. MS susceptibility was evaluated with the Motion Sickness Susceptibility Questionnaire–Short Form; in this study, percent susceptibility ranged from 0% to 100% in the participants. Participants were divided into three susceptibility groups (Low, Mid, and High). Repeated-measures analyses of variance and pairwise comparisons determined significance among the groups on the VNG test results. Results Oculomotor test results revealed no significant differences among the MS susceptibility groups. Caloric stimuli elicited responses that were correlated positively with susceptibility to MS. Slow-phase velocity was slowest in the Low MS group compared to the Mid and High groups. There was no significant asymmetry between ears in any of the groups. Conclusions MS susceptibility was significantly and positively correlated with caloric slow-phase velocity. Although asymmetries between ears are purported to be associated with MS, asymmetries were not evident. Susceptibility to MS may contribute to interindividual variability of caloric responses within the normal range.

Item Context and /s/ Phone Articulation Test Results

1972 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 852-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe Zehel ◽  
Ralph L. Shelton ◽  
William B. Arndt ◽  
Virginia Wright ◽  
Mary Elbert
Keyword(s):  
Test Score ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
Broad Context ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Production Task ◽  
Test Result

Fourteen children who misarticulated some phones of the /s/ phoneme were tape recorded articulating several lists of items involving /s/. The lists included the Mc-Donald Deep Test for /s/, three lists similar to McDonald’s but altered in broad context, and an /s/ sound production task. Scores from lists were correlated, compared for differences in means, or both. Item sets determined by immediate context were also compared for differences between means. All lists were found to be significantly correlated. The comparison of means indicated that both broad and immediate context were related to test result. The estimated “omega square” statistic was used to evaluate the percentage of test score variance attributable to context.

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