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 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION ON DUCK SALMONELLOSIS IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF BANGLADESH

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-160
Author(s):  
R. K. Dey ◽  
M. S. R. Khan ◽  
K. H. M. N. H. Nazir ◽  
M. A. Islam ◽  
S. M. S. H. Belal
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
P Value ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Biochemical Tests ◽  
Fecal Samples ◽  
Antibiotic Susceptibility Test ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
Apparently Healthy

The study was performed with a view to collect epidemiological data to proper control of Duck Salmonellosis in Bangladesh. A total of 12 small to medium sized duck farms and 28 individual households were visited for data collection.  On the basis of history and clinical signs and as per the information provided by the farmers the prevalence rate of Duck Salmonellosis was recorded as 38.1% and the P value was calculated as 0.003 (p<0.01) which was noted as highly significant. Based on tentative occurrences of Duck Salmonellosis as per information taken from the structured questionnaire a total of 120 fecal samples were collected from apparently healthy and diseased ducks on the basis of age, sex, season, location and health status. The isolated bacteria were identified by studying cultural properties on different selective media, biochemical tests, and finally by PCR. The test results of cultural and biochemical exhibited the typical characteristics of bacteria. On the basis of their cultural and biochemical characteristics it was found that among 120 fecal samples 32 (26.67%) were found to be positive for Salmonella and the P value was recorded as 0.0019 (p<0.01) which was also considered as highly significant. In motility test Duck Salmonella were identified as motile and all tested Duck Salmonella showed indole and VP test negative with MR test positive. In PCR reaction, the organism was further confirmed as Salmonella species using the SAL-G primer. Results of antibiotic susceptibility test shows that the selected isolated Salmonella were highly sensitive to ciprofloxacin and azithromycin, intermediate sensitive to tobramycin and gentamicin and resistant to Oxacillin. 

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.

Clinical acceptance of a multi-test reference region for biochemical-panel results.

1983 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1724-1726 ◽  
Author(s):  
T C Durbridge
Keyword(s):  
Signal Strength ◽  
Reference Intervals ◽  
Healthy People ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Reference Region ◽  
Trial Period ◽  
Biochemical Tests ◽  
Practical Advantage ◽  
Hospital Inpatients ◽  
Apparently Healthy

Abstract Results of a panel of six biochemical tests on a patient's specimen were mathematically combined into a "six-test signal strength" (STSS) value. This value indicated the overall extent of change from physiological results, and it was calculated in a way that ensured that a STSS value less than or equal to 1 occurred in 95% of apparently healthy people. STSS was reported with the test results for hospital inpatients during a four-month trial period. Doctors requested a repeat of the panel less often when a low STSS was reported, even if some test results were outside their separate reference intervals. Clinicians expressed differing opinions about its usefulness, some finding that a high STSS value had saved them from overlooking abnormal results, others not finding the value to be any practical advantage. Using a multi-test normal region resolves a statistical dilemma, while compounding the problem of knowing what results really mean.

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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