CONTEXT Speculation exists that use of a full face shield by ice hockey players may increase their risk of concussions and neck injuries, offsetting the benefits of protection from dental, facial, and ocular injuries, but, to our knowledge, no data exist regarding this possibility. OBJECTIVE To determine the risk of sustaining a head or neck injury among intercollegiate ice hockey players wea...

PURPOSE To establish the protective efficacy against late complications of electron therapy using customized lead eye shields in cases with orbital and periorbital lesions. METHODS Between 1982 and 2006, 16 patients with 22 orbital and periorbital lesions were treated by electron therapy. Customized lead eye shields were prepared and placed in the respective patients' eyes during each fractio...

Multiagent chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment for multifocal intraocular retinoblastoma. Ophthalmology. 2001;108:2106-2115. 9. Madreperla SA, Hungerford JL, Cooling RJ, Sullivan P, Gregor Z. Repair of late retinal detachment after successful treatment of retinoblastoma. Retina. 2000;20:28-32. 10. Baumal CR, Shields CL, Shields JA, Tasman WS. Surgical repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachme...

OBJECTIVE To identify specific risk factors for concussion severity among ice hockey players wearing full face shields compared with half face shields (visors). METHODS A prospective cohort study was conducted during one varsity hockey season (1997-1998) with 642 male ice hockey players (median age 22 years) from 22 teams participating in the Canadian Inter-University Athletics Union. Half of...

Financial Disclosure: None. Correspondence: Dr Shields, Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, 840 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (mvenditto @shieldsoncology.com). Funding/Support: Support provided by the Paul Kayser International Award of Merit in Retina Research, Houston, Tex (Dr J. Shields), Macula Foundation, New York, NY (Dr C. Shields), the Noel T. and Sara L. Simmonds Endowment ...

Background: Bismuth composites are new and non-lead shields that are capable of breast dose reduction while preserving image quality. In this study, different percentages of Bismuth were used in designing and constructing polymer composites as breast shields in chest CT.  Materials and Methods: Micro particles of Bismuth with a ratio of 1% to 15% in Silicone matrix with two thicknesses were use...

PURPOSE Although the use of thyroid shields for patients for head CT examinations is reasonable and even required by German regulations, so far available shields are often not used due to difficult applicability. New shields that are easier to use and therefore may gain wider acceptance and more frequent use are now available. In this work two new patient shields are investigated regarding thei...

Peter B. Moyle, Patrick K. Crain, Keith Whitener, & Jeffrey F. Mount Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616, U.S.A. (email: [email protected]) The Nature Conservancy, Cosumnes River Preserve, 13501 Franklin Blvd., Galt CA 95632, U.S.A. Department of Geology, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616 U...

OBJECTIVE The goal was to determine whether young children and their parents prefer physicians wearing clear face shields or surgical masks. METHODS Eighty children (4-10 years of age) and their guardians were recruited from a pediatric emergency department. A survey and color photographs of the same male and female physicians wearing face shields and surgical masks were distributed. The pare...