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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"colic"”.
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Colic in Infancy as an Indicator of Subsequent Sensory Processing Development
… paper attempted to find a link between infantile colic and subsequent sensory processing development. Literature research turned up very few studies linking colic with later development of sensory processing disorder. Ten hypotheses, based on literature research, linked colic in the first year …
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Can isoprostanes be used to predict survival in horses with colic?
Approximately 4% of horses suffer from one colic episode per year. The outcome is fatal in 11% of cases. F2-isoprostanes are the "gold standard" for assessment of oxidative stress in vivo and have been used extensively to quantify lipid peroxidation in association with risk factors in various …
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Comparative Study of Circadian Salivary Cortisol Levels in Colic and Noncolic Infants
<p>Colic is a diagnosis of exclusion given to healthy normal infants who cry excessively. Literature review reveals that colic has been blamed by a variety of causes, none of which has been proven. Cortisol is a hormone released by the adrenal cortex. Cortisol is produced by the body according to …
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A farm-based prospective study for equine colic risk factors and risk associated events
Improved definition of risk factors for equine colic is necessary to develop effective interventions to reduce colic incidence. A one-year prospective study was conducted to estimate colic incidence and to identify risk factors. Farms with greater than 20 horses were randomly selected from two …
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Evaluation of in vitro and in vivo equine microbial population shifts in response to colic conditions
… feces of eight horses collected from both the colic (large intestinal-nonsurgical) and healthy states. Healthy samples were collected by the attending/referring veterinarian 60 days ([plus or minus] 30) post discharge. DNA was extracted from the fecal samples and the V1, V2, and V3 region of …
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Temporal organization of cry sounds: a comparison of cry rhythmicity in infants with and without colic
… half of whom had been diagnosed as having colic. In a standard 90-sec crying bout for each infant, the presence or absence of expired cry sound was determined at .05-sec intervals. Binary spectrum analysis of the data detected between 8 and 23 reliable cycles in the expiration of sound in …
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Factors influencing development and outcome of equine gastrointestinal disease
… cause of morbidity and mortality in horses. Colic refers to clinical signs attributed to abdominal pain in horses. The pathology underlying colic is diverse, which makes accurate prediction of survival challenging. Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS) is common in horses and can be both a …
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A study to determine the efficacy of chiropractic spinal adjustments as a treatment protocol in the management of infantile colic
Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master's Degree in Tecnology: Chiropractic, Technikon Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1999.
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När luftslottet rasar : att förstå och stöda mödrar till kolikbarn
… understanding of how mothers had experienced the colic time period and how they had experienced the support in the situation. The theory in this thesis has a parental perspective and deals with subjects about the everyday life and the interaction in families with colicky infants and the support …
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The Relationship Between Infant Crying and Father Well-Being
… adhering to Wessel's Rule of Three for colic criteria) as well as concern about their infant's crying and fussing. Ten fathers participated in a semi-structured phone interview about the experience of and coping with infant crying and parenting in general.</p><p>Sixteen percent of …
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Effects of musculoskeletal dysfunction in excessive crying syndromes of infancy.
Background: Excessive crying (or infant colic) is a common pain syndrome of infancy without any specific known aetiology or effective management and it is costly in both social and economic terms. Many cases result in long-term poor sleep, behavioural problems and parental stress. The biomechanical …
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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors in the treatment of urinary diseases and their effects on renal functions: clinical studies
… could relieve acute or resistant renal colic and facilitate urinary calculus expulsion. The other aims of the thesis are to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of different methods of drug delivery as i.v, i.m, sublingual, oral or rectal routs and their effects on renal function tests …
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Which pre-operative findings translate to a positive intra-operative cholangiogram?
… cases were females. Indications were 12 biliary colic, eight gallstone pancreatitis, two cases of acute cholecystitis, and one case was for ascending cholangitis. Four cases had a positive IOC, and in this group, the median age was 44.5 years with one male. The mean common bile duct diameter was …
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An investigation of physical health in high-risk mothers and their preschoolers : an inter-generational study
… with neonatal status emerging as a marker for colic and illness in early childhood. More mature newborns who did not need medical treatment before leaving the hospital were less likely to have common childhood illnesses. Children who were ill more often during early childhood had mothers who …
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Physiological response of grazing horses to seasonal fluctuations in pasture nonstructural carbohydrates
… with metabolic and digestive diseases, including colic and laminitis. A yearlong grazing study was conducted at the Virginia Tech Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center from October 2016 through September 2017 to investigate fluctuations in pasture NSC concentrations as well as the …
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TLR4 expression on equine B lymphocytes: a clue to LPS sensitivity?
… environment and their predisposition to colic. Their gastrointestinal tract and feces naturally contain gram-negative bacteria. These bacteria express lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on their cell membranes, which is recognized by Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). In cases where epithelial barriers …
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Depresión posparto y cólico infantil: Un enfoque integrador desde la perspectiva materno-infantil
… de CL se realizó utilizando el Infant Colic Severity Questionnaire (ICSQ). Resultados: Se analizaron un total de 528 mujeres, de las cuales 170 (32%) fueron diagnosticadas con posible DPP. Dos tercios de las mujeres sin depresión amamantaban a sus bebés a demanda; por lo tanto, …
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La lattatemia nel puledro neonato sottoposto a terapia intensiva
… in a small number of studies about equine colic, blood lactate concentration has been investigated as a useful prognostic variable . In neonatal foals blood lactate was studied first by Magdesian (2003) who described venous blood lactate concentration in 14 normal foals during the initial …
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Video assisted gastrostomy in children
… the abdominal cavity, tube dislodgement, gastro-colic fistula or severe haemorrhage. Complications discussed below are therefore to be characterized as minor and include local infections, leakage and development of granulation tissue. Based on our studies, we have found that the VAG procedure is …
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Nitrogen and carbon costs of growth and antioxidant production during acclimation to environmental stress in two species of gethyllis
… “hairy kukumakranka”) range from cures for colic, digestive disturbances,teething problems, fatigue, boils, bruises and insect bites, to being used as an aphrodisiac. Gethyllis multifolia is threatened in its natural habitat and is listed in the ‘Vulnerable’ category of the ‘Red Data List of …
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