ERAS failure and major complications in elective colon surgery: Common risk factors.

Background: Proper implementation and practice of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol streamlines perioperative management to its optimum, resulting in fewer complications and lower costs. This study aims to identify potential risk factors for the failure of ERAS and for major postoperative complications in patients with elective colon resection.

Materials And Methods: This was a single center retrospective analysis including all consecutive patients for elective colon resection during June 2017 - June 2019.

CO Capture and Low-Temperature Release by Poly(aminoethyl methacrylate) and Derivatives.

Poly(aminoethyl methacrylate) (PAEMA), poly(ethylene oxide)--(aminoethyl methacrylate) (PEO-PAEMA), and their guanidinylated derivates, poly(guanidine ethyl methacrylate) (PGEMA) and poly(ethylene oxide)--(guanidine ethyl methacrylate) (PEO-PGEMA), were prepared to study their capabilities for CO adsorption and release. The polymers of different forms or degree of guanidinylation were thoroughly characterized, and their interaction with CO was studied by NMR and calorimetry. The extent and kinetics of adsorption and desorption of N and CO were investigated by thermogravimetry under controlled gas atmospheres.

Nurses' Participation in the Design of an Intensive Care Unit: The Use of Virtual Mock-Ups.

Background: Co-design with multiple tools is useful when end users' knowledge is important, especially when designers work with people unfamiliar with design. Many studies have highlighted the importance of nurses' participation in design, and such participation requires the development of techniques and tools to facilitate collaboration. This article analyzes how nurses participated in designing a general intensive care unit in a walk-in virtual environment (VE) and examines how their work-related knowledge can be transferred to the design process of spaces.

Stimuli-Responsive Nanodiamond-Polyelectrolyte Composite Films.

Nanodiamonds (NDs) can considerably improve the mechanical and thermal properties of polymeric composites. However, the tendency of NDs to aggregate limits the potential of these non-toxic, mechanically- and chemically-robust nanofillers. In this work, tough, flexible, and stimuli-responsive polyelectrolyte films composed of cross-linked poly(butyl acrylate--dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) (P(BA--DMAEMA)) were prepared by photopolymerization.

UV-Triggered On-Demand Temperature-Responsive Reversible and Irreversible Gelation of Cellulose Nanocrystals.

We show ionically cross-linked, temperature-responsive reversible or irreversible hydrogels of anionic cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and methacrylate terpolymers by mixing them homogeneously in the initially charge-neutral state of the polymer, which was subsequently switched to be cationic by cleaving side groups by UV irradiation. The polymer is a random terpolymer poly(di(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate)--poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate)--poly(2-((2-nitrobenzyl)oxycarbonyl)aminoethyl methacrylate), that is, PDEGMA--POEGMA--PNBOCAEMA. The PDEGMA and POEGMA repeating units lead to a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behavior.