Pulmonary impairment in workers exposed to silicon carbide.

Two hundred and sixty seven workers employed in the manufacture of silicon carbide (SiC) were examined to determine the effects of exposure to contaminants (SiC, quartz, and SO2) in the workplace on pulmonary function. No exposure concentrations exceeded the current permissible limits. Ten subjects (3.

[A simple method of studying cruciate ligaments in arthrography].

After a review of the methods employed for arthrographic visualization of cruciate ligaments (CL), the authors present a new technique to separately study the anterior and posterior CL during traction. This technique enables to obtain a good visualization of CL and a good diagnostic accuracy; it can radiographically demonstrate a pathologic sagittal instability of the knee; it is easy to perform and is easily repeatable in different patients.

Knee arthrography: effects of various contrast media and epinephrine on synovial fluid.

Changes in synovial fluid leukocytes, total protein, and total complement were studied in 58 patients after they underwent single contrast material-enhanced knee arthrography with ionic (sodium iothalamate, sodium meglumine diatrizoate, meglumine iothalamate) and nonionic (iopamidol, iohexol) contrast media. In 30 of 58 cases, 0.3 mg epinephrine was also injected.