The role of open abdomen in non-trauma patient : WSES Consensus Paper

The open abdomen (OA) is defined as intentional decision to leave the fascial edges of the abdomen un-approximated after laparotomy (laparostomy). The abdominal contents are potentially exposed and therefore must be protected with a temporary coverage, which is referred to as temporal abdominal closure (TAC). OA use remains widely debated with many specific details deserving detailed assessment and clarification. To date, in patients with intra-abdominal emergencies, the OA has not been formally endorsed for routine utilization; although, utilization is seemingly increasing. Therefore, the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES), Abdominal Compartment Society (WSACS) and the Donegal Research Academy united a worldwide group of experts in an international consensus conference to review and thereafter propose the basis for evidence-directed utilization of OA management in non-trauma emergency surgery and critically ill patients. In addition to utilization recommendations, questions with insufficient evidence urgently requiring future study were identified.Peer reviewe

Additional file 1: of Changes in physical activity during transition to retirement: a cohort study

Table S1. Change in moderate and vigorous level physical activity (hours/week) and its 95 % CI at different point of retirement transition among those transitioning to part-time and disability retirement. Table S2. Factors predicting change in weekly physical activity (MET hours) during retirement transition and in post-retirement among those entering to part-time retirement. Table S3. Factors predicting change in weekly physical activity (MET hours) during retirement transition and in post-retirement among those entering to disability retirement. Table S4. Change in total, moderate and vigorous level physical activity and their 95 % CI at different point of retirement transition by retirement type. Only participants with four observations are included. Figure S1. Physical activity trajectories during retirement transition by sex. Adjusted for retirement age and occupational status a) Average weekly MET hours b) Average hours of moderate-level physical activity c) Average hours of vigorous physical activity d) Proportion of physically inactive. (DOCX 276 kb

An Institutional Approach to Solar Fuels Research

This account gives a brief overview of various directions in current solar fuels research. On that basis, the necessity for an interdisciplinary approach is argued, and an institutional way for promoting this development is presented using the example of the Chemistry Biology Centre (KBC) at Umeå University in Sweden