[Diagnostics and management of perioperative bleeding disorders].

Perioperative bleeding is and remains a major complication during and after surgical interventions, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. The main causes of a non-primary vascular-related bleeding are congenital or multifactorial pre-existing hemostatic disorders that have not yet been diagnosed, the operating procedure itself and acquired hemostatic abnormalities as a secondary phenomenon, e.g.

Travel costs and ecologic imprint associated with different fractionation schedules in prostate cancer radiotherapy.

Improving the sustainability and cost-effectiveness of healthcare systems has become increasingly relevant in times of climate change, energy transition, an aging population and skyrocketing social costs. The selection of an adequate fractionation schedule is of fundamental importance in the field of Radiation Oncology. We evaluated three internationally established fractionation schedules for definitive prostate cancer radiation therapy (RT) with respect to their ecological and health-economic impacts.

The key role of base rates: systematic review and meta-analysis of the predictive value of four risk assessment instruments.

Aims Of The Study: Many countries have seen a decline in recidivism rates over the past decades. These base rates are pertinent information for assessing the recidivism risk of offenders. They provide a foundation for clinical assessment and an empirical basis for risk assessment instrument norms, which inform expected recidivism rates.

Time to Initiation of Omnipod DASH® vs. Tubed Insulin Pump Therapy: A Time-and-Motion Study.

Introduction: There is currently a limited understanding of the process of initiating standard insulin pump therapy (IPT) and how this differs with pump type. A time-and-motion study was conducted in Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) to evaluate the time required for initiation with a tubeless insulin pump (a pod) versus other tubed pumps.

Methods: The time taken to initiate patients onto tubeless IPT and tubed IPT (excluding automated insulin delivery systems, AID) was self-recorded by diabetes specialist nurses using a web-based tool.

Assessment of Four Artificial Methods for Aging Plastic Mulch Films According to Efficiency, Rate, and Similarity to Natural Field-Aged Plastics.

Unlabelled: Artificial degradation is often used to recreate and accelerate the natural aging of plastic for small-scaled simulation experiments assessing their environmental impact. However, current artificial aging methods are rarely compared against reference materials or validated using field-aged samples, creating uncertainties when extrapolating results to naturally aged plastics, making it difficult to place findings in an environmentally applicable context. Therefore, here we compared four accessible, cost-effective, and easily replicable methods (heat, UVA, and UVC irradiance at two intensities) to produce artificially degraded materials.