High-intensity interval training to improve cardiorespiratory fitness in a patient with frailty and multimorbidity: A case report.

Background: Low cardiorespiratory fitness predicts worse postoperative outcomes, exacerbated by age and frailty. Preoperative High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) improves cardiorespiratory fitness and postoperative outcomes but is challenging to implement in frailty due to perceived risks.

Purpose: The aim of this case report was to demonstrate feasibility of HIIT in a patient with frailty and multimorbidity.

Prevalence and outcomes of Hartmann's reversal following Hartmann's procedure in a regional center, a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Hartmann's procedure (sigmoid resection with end colostomy) is a commonly performed emergency procedure for diseases of the sigmoid colon.

Aim: To determine the proportion of patients undergoing Hartmann's reversal (restoration of GI continuity) following Hartmann's procedure, the clinical and demographic factors associated with reversal, and the reasons for non-reversal.

Method: This is a single center, retrospective audit of patients undergoing Hartmann's procedure between June 2011 and May 2020.

A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to compression stocking use in patients with chronic venous insufficiency.

Introduction: Compression stocking therapy is the gold standard of treatment for conditions associated with lower limb venous dysfunction. The benefits in symptom relief and preventing disease progression are well documented. Despite this, adherence to compression stocking therapy is poor.

Measuring the Surface Energy of Nanosheets by Emulsion Inversion.

Solution-processed nanomaterials can be assembled by a range of interfacial techniques, including as stabilizers in Pickering emulsions. Two-dimensional (2D) materials present a promising route toward nanosheet-stabilized emulsions for functional segregated networks, while also facilitating surface energy studies. Here, we demonstrate emulsions stabilized by the 2D materials including the transition metal carbide MXene, titanium carbide (TiCT ), and develop an approach for measurement of nanosheet surface energy based on emulsion inversion.