Teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation using virtual reality: A randomized study.

BACKGROUND: The main functions of healthcare professionals include training and health education. In this sense, we must be able to incorporate new technologies and serious game to the teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation. METHODS: a multicenter, comparative and cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the learning of resuscitation of a group that was trained with the use of serious gaming with virtual reality, as compared to a control group trained with conventional classroom teaching. RESULTS: the mean quality obtained in chest compressions for the virtual reality group was 86.1 % (SD 9.3), and 74.8 % (SD 9.5) for the control group [mean difference 11.3 % (95 % CI 6.6-16.0), p < 0.001]. Salivary Alpha-Amylase was 218.882 (SD 177.621) IU/L for the virtual reality group and 155.190 (SD 116.746) IU/L for the control group [mean difference 63.691 (95 % CI 122.998-4.385), p = 0.037]. CONCLUSION: using virtual reality and serious games can improve the quality parameters of chest compressions as compared to traditional training.

The translation into Spanish of the OIE Manual of diagnostic tests and vaccines for terrestrial animals (mammals, birds and bees): problems, solutions and conclusions.

In order to carry out the translation into Spanish of the Manual of diagnostic tests and vaccines for terrestrial animals (mammals, birds and bees) ensuring full scientific and linguistic accuracy, its authors relied on coordination between three types of experts: linguistic, translational and veterinary. In this paper the planning, execution and quality control of such work, which was undertaken with the support and guarantee of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), is reported. In the conclusions the authors describe what they view as necessary guidelines for the OIE to apply in the future regarding its linguistic policy. The working methodology reported in connection with the translation of the Terrestrial Manual into Spanish will be useful for the translation of the Terrestrial Manual or other texts into languages other than Spanish, whether or not they are among the official languages of the OIE.

Métodos para medir el grado de la obesidad en perros: entre la física y la bioquímica / Methods for obesity grade measurement in dogs: between physics and biochemistry

La obesidad se define como un acumulo excesivo de tejido adiposo en el cuerpo. La causa de obesidad normalmente es una excesiva ingesta o un metabolismo inadecuado, que ocasiona un balance positivo de energía. Además de las múltiples enfermedades que se asocian con la obesidad en el perro, se ha visto que los animales obesos viven hasta dos años menos en comparación con animales sanos. Esto hace que, hoy en día, sea de gran importancia la correcta determinación, valoración y tratamiento de los perros obesos. Para medir grado de obesidad se han descrito muchos métodos que pueden ser divididos en dos grupos: físicos y bioquímicos. En este trabajo se van a analizar los métodos mas utilizados en veterinaria para medir grado de obesidad en el perro; así dentro de los métodos físicos se estudiarán el peso corporal, las medidas antropométricas, escalas morfológicas, absorciometría de rayos X de doble energía (DXA) y dilución de isótopos de oxido de deuterio (D2O). Por otra parte dentro de los métodos bioquímicos, nos centraremos en dos proteínas que en el futuro podrán ser utilizados como biomarcadores de la obesidad: la leptina y adiponectina (AU)

Obesity is defined as an exesive accumulation of adipose tissue in the body. Frequently the main cause of obesity in dogs is an execive ingest or an inadequate metabolism, that causes positive energy balance. Besides of the high number of associated diseases that obesity can cause, longevity of obese animals is two years shorter than normal weight animals. For these reasons the correct determination, valoration and treatment of obesity in dogs is of great importance nowadays in routine practice. In this review we will deal with several methods for obesity grade measurement that can be divided into two groups: physical and biochemical. In physical we will include body weight, morphometric methods, tape measurements, dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), deuterium isotope dilution (D2O). Regarding the biochemicalmethods, we will focus on two proteins: leptin and adiponectin that in the future could be used as biomarkers of obesity in canine species (AU)