Publications by authors named "E K Just"

Introduction: This second part of the S2k guidelines is an update of the 2015 S1 European guidelines.

Objective: These guidelines aim to provide an accepted decision aid for the selection, implementation and assessment of appropriate and sufficient therapy for patients with hidradenitis suppurativa/acne inversa (HS).

Methods: The chapters have been selected after a Delphi procedure among the experts/authors.

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Article Synopsis
  • The S2k guideline for hidradenitis suppurativa/acne inversa (HS/AI) serves as a decision aid for selecting effective treatments for this chronic skin condition, which is characterized by painful lesions in areas rich in apocrine glands.
  • The condition shows a prevalence of 0.3% in Germany, often diagnosed with a significant delay of about 10 years, and can severely impact a patient's quality of life due to the painful and recurrent nature of the disease.
  • Treatment options include various medications like oral tetracyclines and biologics such as adalimumab, with a focus on assessing disease severity using tools like the International Hidradenitis Supp
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Purpose: For the modeling, execution, and control of complex, non-standardized intraoperative processes, a modeling language is needed that reflects the variability of interventions. As the established Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) reaches its limits in terms of flexibility, the Case Management Model and Notation (CMMN) was considered as it addresses weakly structured processes.

Methods: To analyze the suitability of the modeling languages, BPMN and CMMN models of a Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy and Cochlea Implantation were derived and integrated into a situation recognition workflow.

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While global patterns of human genetic diversity are increasingly well characterized, the diversity of human languages remains less systematically described. Here, we outline the Grambank database. With over 400,000 data points and 2400 languages, Grambank is the largest comparative grammatical database available.

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Patients affected by acne inversa (hidradenitis suppurativa) initially notice skin changes in atypical areas of the skin. These changes can include purulent inflammation, painfully filled and red-discolored bumps or oozing and strongly smelling, small to larger openings. In order to be able to receive medical help, patients must present to the general practitioner, report their complaints and also show the lesions.

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