Antibiotic pressure and nosocomial disease     

R J Murtaugh  G D Mason 《Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice》1989,19(6):1259-1274

Nosocomial infection control programs of various types have been implemented in human hospitals since the staphylococcal pandemic of the 1950s. The prevalence of hospital infections is expected to increase in veterinary medicine with the advent of sophisticated invasive monitoring techniques, lengthier patient hospital stays, and the widespread use of antimicrobial agents. In order to monitor and control nosocomial infection outbreaks, the hospital staff must make strategic measures a priority. We propose the establishment of a nosocomial infection control committee, especially at the larger teaching and referral centers, to oversee such activities as hospital and personnel hygiene protocols, patient handling, antisepsis of surgical and critical care instruments, and surveillance. We have described a hospital pharmacy antibiotic restriction policy similar to those used with success in several human hospitals. It is apparent that the careless use of antibiotics adds significantly to the emergence of resistant hospital microflora and predisposes hospitalized patients to nosocomial infections. Judicious use of antibiotics not only helps to curtail such risks and lower health costs but encourages the clinician to fully evaluate his or her therapeutic rationale. As with any new program, continued staff education is the paramount requirement for its success.  相似文献   

Atresia of the nasolacrimal orifice in two thoroughbreds.     

T A Mason 《Equine veterinary journal》1979,11(1):19-20

Two cases of bilateral atresia of the nasolacrimal orifice are described. The presenting sign was a persistent ocular discharge, clear in the one case and purulent in the other. Treatment by the creation of a fistula between the distal extremity of the blind ending duct and the nasal cavity was successful in both cases.  相似文献   

Letter: Elaphostrongylus cervi in red deer.     

P C Mason  N R Kiddey  R J Sutherland  D M Rutherford  A G Green 《New Zealand veterinary journal》1976,24(1-2):22-23

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Presumed ethanol intoxication in sheep dogs fed uncooked pizza dough     

RJ SUTER 《Australian veterinary journal》1992,69(1):20-20

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Butterflies and woodlands in Britain     

C.F. Mason  T.G. Shreeve  Earl D. McCoy 《Biological conservation》1984,28(4):377-379

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Significance for exercise capacity of some electrocardiographic findings in racehorses     

CM KING  DL EVANS†  RJ ROSE 《Australian veterinary journal》1994,71(7):200-202

Summary Various cardiorespiratory and metabolic indices were assessed during treadmill exercise in Thoroughbred and Standardbred racehorses with T wave changes in 4 or more leads on the electrocardiogram or second-degree atrio-ventricular (AV) block, and in horses that had no abnormalities on clinical examination, resting electrocardiography or upper respiratory tract endoscopy. No significant differences in heart rate, plasma lactate concentration, arterial blood gases, oxygen uptake, run time, peak velocity, or blood and red cell volumes were found between normal horses and horses with T wave changes or second-degree AV block. These results indicate that some electrocardiographic findings that are considered by some clinicians to indicate cardiac dysfunction, may have little effect on exercise capacity.  相似文献   

Fracture of the patella as a possible complication of medial patellar desmotomy     

JD WRIGHT  RJ ROSE 《Australian veterinary journal》1989,66(6):189-190

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COLLIE EYE ANOMALY     

T A Mason  K Cox 《Australian veterinary journal》1971,47(2):38-40

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Exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage in the horse: results of a detailed clinical, post mortem and imaging study. I. Clinical profile of horses   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

M W O'Callaghan  J R Pascoe  W S Tyler  D K Mason 《Equine veterinary journal》1987,19(5):384-388

Detailed physical and clinical examinations were performed on 26 Thoroughbred racehorses which were used subsequently in a series of studies to investigate the contribution of the pulmonary and bronchial arterial circulations to the pathophysiology of exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH). Twenty-five of the horses had been retired from race training in Hong Kong during the 1984-85 season, all but four raced that season; one horse had been retired the previous season. The average number of races for the group that season was 4.1 +/- 2 with an average distance of 1502 +/- 216 metres, mean racing speed 15.5 +/- 0.5 metres/sec. Time from last race to necropsy was 177 +/- 155 days, range 12 to 572 days. All but one horse had a known history of either EIPH or epistaxis. Time from last recorded incident of expistaxis (17 horses) to necropsy was 156 +/- 141 days, range 12 to 513 days, with a longer interval since last recorded endoscopic observation of EIPH. Focal abnormal lung sounds were detected in the dorsocaudal lungfields on auscultation during rebreathing in three horses and six had tracheobronchial cytology consistent with previous episodes of pulmonary haemorrhage (haemosiderophages). No other characteristics which might have allowed separation of this group of horses from other Thoroughbred horses recently in race training were identified.  相似文献   

Chronic renal failure and urolithiasis in a 2-years-old colt     

JA LAING  AL RAISIS  RJ RAWLINSON  AC SMALL 《Australian veterinary journal》1992,69(8):199-200

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