conclusions the results showed that, compared to participants with normal weights, physiological and thermal perceptual responses were higher in overweight participants. therefore, overweight individuals should avoid hot/dry weather conditions to decrease the amount of heat strain. results in both groups, oral temperature, heart rate, and thermal perceptual responses increased during heat expos...

BACKGROUND The Pulmonary Embolism (PE) Severity Index (PESI) is a clinical prognostic rule that accurately classifies PE patients into five risk classes with increasing mortality. PESI score has been validated in studies with a relatively short-term follow-up and its accuracy in predicting long-term prognosis has never been established. METHODS Consecutive patients admitted to the tertiary ca...

To reveal the function of drilling pressure relief (DPR) in preventing rockbursts from energy storage perspective, we investigated rockburst proneness red sandstone with different number and arrangement prefabricated borehole via uniaxial compression tests. The experimental result revealed failure intensity characteristics specimen can be quantitatively described using peak-strength strain inde...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common life threatening condition in daily practice. Incidence of PE has been reported to be 112.3 cases per 100,000 patients [1,2]. Several prognostic models have been examined in patients with acute PE. The Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) and the simplified PESI (sPESI) are among the most well studied models. sPESI scoring system is shown in Table 1. Othe...

We read with great interest the study by MOORES et al. [1]. The authors propose that patients admitted for acute pulmonary embolism and classified as Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) class III could be more appropriately risk-stratified by recalculating the PESI score 48 h after admission (PESI48). 83 out of 304 PESI class III patients were reclassified as low risk (defined as PESI48 cl...

The Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) has been shown to predict 30 and 90 day mortality after PE. However, whether the PESI predicts patients who will be free of clinically adverse outcomes during a typical hospitalisation is not known. Retrospective analysis of Emergency Department patients with PE from May 2006 to April 2008. We compiled demographics, data to calculate the PESI and a c...

Background. The Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) score can risk-stratify patients with PE but its widespread use is uncertain. With the PESI, we compared length of hospital stay between low, moderate, and high risk PE patients and determined the number of low risk PE patients who were discharged early. Methods. PE patients admitted to St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital from January 2005 ...

BACKGROUND The Geneva Prognostic Score (GPS), the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) and its simplified version (sPESI) are well-known clinical prognostic scores for a pulmonary embolism (PE). OBJECTIVES To compare the prognostic performance of these scores in elderly patients with a PE. PATIENTS AND METHODS In a multicenter Swiss cohort of elderly patients with venous thromboembolism...

background: heat stress is a common and usual problem in industries. several indices, including wet bulb globe temperature (wbgt), are used to evaluate heat stress. however, wbgt index has limitations such as high cost and response time. it is not thus suitable as a screening tool. heat strain scoring index (hssi) is also an observational-judgmental technique that has been developed for primary...