Respirator performance rating tables have been constructed for hot, humid (29 degrees C, 95% RH); hot, dry (49 degrees C, 30% RH); and cold, dry (-32 degrees C, 70% RH) conditions. These tables convey expected wearer performance percentages compared to unmasked workers for various mask elements and work rates. The hot, humid condition was found to be the most severe overall. Many table entries ...

ACR Appropriateness Criteria 1 Rib Fractures American College of Radiology ACR Appropriateness Criteria Clinical Condition: Rib Fractures Variant 1: Adult. Suspected rib fractures from minor blunt trauma (injury confined to ribs). Radiologic Procedure Rating Comments RRL* X-ray chest 8 Obtain PA view. ☢ X-ray rib views 5 ☢ ☢ ☢ CT chest without contrast 3 ☢ ☢ ☢ Tc-99m bone scan whole body 2 ☢ ☢ ...

ACR Appropriateness Criteria 1 Acute Onset Flank Pain — Suspicion of Stone Disease American College of Radiology ACR Appropriateness Criteria Clinical Condition: Acute Onset Flank Pain — Suspicion of Stone Disease Variant 1: Suspicion of stone disease. Radiologic Procedure Rating Comments RRL* CT abdomen and pelvis without contrast 8 Reduced-dose techniques preferred. ☢☢☢☢ US kidneys and bladde...

Scenario: Imagine you want to know what your colleagues in the interest group DLissues have found worth seeing lately. In your browser, you select "Tour annotation set DLissues", with the filter set to "annotations newly created since yesterday". You get a report containing pointers to annotated locations in various documents; you inspect some of these links with a comment previewer. Sara evide...

ACR Appropriateness Criteria 1 Rib Fractures American College of Radiology ACR Appropriateness Criteria Clinical Condition: Rib Fractures Variant 1: Adult. Suspected rib fractures from minor blunt trauma (injury confined to ribs). Radiologic Procedure Rating Comments RRL* X-ray chest 8 Obtain PA view. ☢ X-ray rib views 5 ☢ ☢ ☢ CT chest without IV contrast 3 ☢ ☢ ☢ Tc-99m bone scan whole body 2 ☢...

Objective Major depression is a chronic condition. Treatment with antidepressants is often stopped due to long-term side effects. Antidepressants are frequently associated with sexual dysfunction (SD), which can have a negative impact on adherence to treatment and quality of life, although it is often underestimated by clinicians and underreported by patients. The purpose of the present study i...

ACR Appropriateness Criteria 1 Recurrent Symptoms–Lower-Extremity Angioplasty American College of Radiology ACR Appropriateness Criteria Clinical Condition: Recurrent Symptoms Following Lower-Extremity Angioplasty Variant 1: Claudication. Radiologic Procedure Rating Comments RRL* Segmental Doppler pressures and pulse volume recordings 9 Usual first tests. O MRA lower extremity without and with ...

Introduction Obesity can be an important problem in companion horses and ponies and has been associated to an increased disease risk. Body condition scoring is the most common method to assess adiposity, though recently some improvements were introduced in adiposity evaluation in horses, like the neck crest adiposity rating. In horses neck crest adiposity was linked to insulin resistance and la...