A scoping review of postoperative surveillance strategies for localized, low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms.

Introduction: There is a paucity of data to support surveillance protocols for localized, low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms (LAMNs) after resection.

Methods: A search strategy was developed to identify postoperative surveillance strategies for LAMNs, in the context of rates of recurrence and disease-free survival, and applied to four literature databases. Resultant citations were subject to screening in duplicate, in three stages: title, abstract, and full-text.

Longer Total Interhospital Transfer Times for Rural Sepsis Patients Not Associated with Increased Mortality.

Objectives: Sepsis is a time-sensitive condition, and many rural emergency department (ED) sepsis patients are transferred to tertiary hospitals. The objective of this study was to determine whether longer transport times during interhospital transfer are associated with higher sepsis mortality or increased hospital length-of-stay (LOS).

Methods:  A cohort of rural adult (age ≥ 18 y) sepsis patients transferred between hospitals were identified in the TELEmedicine as a Virtual Intervention for Sepsis Care in Emergency Departments (TELEVISED) parent study.

Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Program for Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) With Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC).

Background And Objectives: Cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS/HIPEC) can be associated with prolonged hospital stays. A novel Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) based on ERAS Society guidelines was designed and implemented. The primary outcome was ERAS compliance.

Transfer Efficiency and Organization in Turbulent Transport over Alpine Tundra.

The exchange of momentum, heat and trace gases between atmosphere and surface is mainly controlled by turbulent fluxes. Turbulent mixing is usually parametrized using Monin-Obukhov similarity theory (MOST), which was derived for steady turbulence over homogeneous and flat surfaces, but is nevertheless routinely applied to unsteady turbulence over non-homogeneous surfaces. We study four years of eddy-covariance measurements at a highly heterogeneous alpine valley site in Finse, Norway, to gain insights into the validity of MOST, the turbulent transport mechanisms and the contributing coherent structures.

Influence of stage and age on survival of patients with vulvar cancer in Germany: a retrospective study.

Objectives: To evaluate the 5-year survival rate of patients with vulvar cancer, taking into account prognostic factors (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage and age) and the influence of lymph node involvement and tumour size as well as the correlation between FIGO stage and age at onset.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: German cancer registries.