AIM Preoperative fasting is an established procedure to be practiced for patients before surgery, but optimal preoperative fasting time still remains controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of "shortened preoperative fasting time" on the change in the amount of total body water (TBW) in elective surgical patients. TBW was measured by multi-frequency impedance method. ...

Data collected by UNOS from all approved US transplant programs were analyzed. The analysis was based on data for 22,075 diabetic patients who received a pancreas transplant between January 1995 and December 2011. Simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation was the major therapeutic option for diabetes patients. SPK had better survival than pancreas transplantation alone (PTA) or pancrea...

AIM Nutrition is an important element of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programme. Patients have previously indicated that nutrition is a key component of ERAS that requires improvement. Our aim was to explore the perioperative nutrition experiences of colorectal surgical patients to identify barriers and facilitators to the integration of nutrition within ERAS. METHOD Sixteen ind...

Ancient paintings are valuable for historians and archeologists to study the humanities, customs and economy of the corresponding eras. For this purpose, it is important to first determine the era in which a painting was drawn. This problem can be very challenging when the paintings from different eras present a same topic and only show subtle difference in terms of the painting styles. In this...

There is significant support for exposure therapy as an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) across a variety of populations, including veterans; however, there is little empirical information regarding how veterans of different war theaters respond to exposure therapy. Accordingly, questions remain regarding therapy effectiveness for treatment of PTSD for veterans of di...

The Tarfayas oil shale deposit is of considerable importance and ranks among the marine deposits. organic matter (kerogen) this type quantitatively variable according to layers ranging from Z0 Z4 (deep layer) A certain migration occurred during burial in deep Z3 Tarfaya deposit, light was concentrated (by rising) layer, conversely high molecular weight descended layer. Dynamic thermogravimetry ...

Preoperative malnutrition because of poor oral intake significantly increases the risk of adverse events after surgery and leads to increased length of stay. While immunonutrition has been utilized in the non-ERAS setting, its utility in both minimally invasive surgery and ERAS pathway procedures remain poorly defined. There are at least ten meta-analyses regarding the assessment of immunonutri...