Melián C, Stefanacci J, Peterson, ME, Kintzer PP:
Radiographic findings in dogs with naturally - occurring primary hypoadrenocorticism.
Not exact matches
There has been concern raised about a resurgence of vitamin D deficiency and rickets among infants and children, with reports emerging
in the United States from Alaska, 1,2 Iowa, 3 Nevada, 4 California, 5 North Carolina, 6 Texas, 7 and mother - infant pairs
in Boston, 8 among others.9 The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency
in young children also appears to be high
in other countries, including England, 10 Greece, 11 and Canada.12, 13 One study from China
found a 65.3 % prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among 12 - to 24 - month - olds, but few cases (3.7 %) of
radiographic or clinical rickets were noted.14 Previous studies suggest risk factors to be dark skin pigmentation1,3 - 12 and breastfeeding without supplementation.1 - 7, 9,12,13 To date, reports have focused primarily on young infants compared with toddlers.
Clinical evolution and
radiographic findings of feline heartworm infection
in asymptomatic cats.
Clinical signs and, possibly, thoracic
radiographic findings are similar
in cats with abbreviated heartworm infections and those with other causes of bronchial disease, such as feline asthma.
Some limitations to this study should be discussed, such as the
radiographic examination, which may be influenced by the examiner's experience
in classifying the
findings, thus reducing the sensitivity of the test
in the case of classifying animals regarding the presence or absence of CHF (Schober et al., 2010).
The fact that 9 animals were classified incorrectly
in groups (six
in group II and three
in group III), is explained by the fact that the original classification was based on clinical
findings,
radiographic imaging and the history of the animal, as well as on echocardiography, so the results may reflect the limitations of this qualitative analysis.
The issue here lies
in whether or not these
radiographic findings were pre-existing and noted during the anesthetic prophylaxis performed on the majority of these pets before this research study?
Radiographic pathology was
found in 88 % of the patients
in this study, and 50 % of those had received an anesthetic dental prophylaxis within the 2 years before this study took place.
Fifty percent of the patients that had
radiographic findings had undergone an anesthetic dental procedure within two years of participating
in this study (Table 4).
Conclusion — No significant difference
in outcome as determined by ground reaction forces (the gold standard
in determining this — foot pressure on a plate) or
radiographic OA scores were
found between dogs with CrCL injury treated with LFS (extra-cap) or TPLO.
Similarly, a retrospective cohort study (5) involving 137 declawed and 137 nondeclawed cats
found radiographic evidence of retained distal phalanx fragments
in 63 % (86/137) of the declawed cats, and declawed cats had higher odds of back pain, undesirable elimination habits, and aggression if they had retained distal phalanx fragments than if they did not.