Tag Archives: veterinary
Intravenous vs oral antibiotics: is intravenous therapy ‘stronger’?
This is an interesting topic that came up on SAMSoc forum recently. I guess the conventional view has always been that, yes, they somehow are more potent when given intravenously. We probably all tend to go intravenous for life-threatening infections such as endocarditis or septic peritonitis. But is this really borne out by the evidence? … Continue reading
Effect of a visiting peripatetic sonography service on number of ultrasound examinations performed by other veterinary surgeons in a clinic
This is something I’ve long been interested in. A friend of mine, half joking I think, suggested to me that our aim should be to suppress the development of other budding sonographers in the practices which we visit. I tried to defend myself that this is not the case. I strongly believe it’s a win-win. … Continue reading
Autogenous mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs): mode of action
This has been a raging debate in human medicine with a lot of papers published in recent years. Essentially the crux being whether MSCs provide their beneficial effects through release of locally-acting (paracrine) cytokines or through their incorporation into tissues as progenitor cells. It seems to me, as a non-academic, that this debate is moving … Continue reading
