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Highlights
- The proliferation of radioactive materials in industry, in diagnostic and therapeutic medicine, in scientific and medical research, in the military, and as a source of energy has increased the likelihood of accidental exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Author(s): Doris Browne
- 250 Pages
- Medical, General
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Book Synopsis
The proliferation of radioactive materials in industry, in diagnostic and therapeutic medicine, in scientific and medical research, in the military, and as a source of energy has increased the likelihood of accidental exposure to ionizing radiation. Further, the number of individuals exposed in accidents, such as Chernobyl, U. S. S. R.; Goiania, Brazil; and San Salvador, El Salvador, underscores the potential for large-scale radiation accidents. Because of these accidents, health care providers have found themselves treating patients with acute radiation injuries and subsequent complications. Often the radiation injuries are combined with burns or other trauma and the infectious and immune complications associated with such injuries. The treatment of victims of these accidents has provided important information about the medical management of radiation casualties. However, development of techniques to improve the diagnosis and treatment of radiation injuries, to collect follow- up data on survivors, and to determine the long-term effects of uncontrolled radiation exposure must continue. The Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, and its Medical Radiobiology Advisory Team sponsored the First Consensus Development Conference on the Treatment of Radiation Injuries in Washington, DC, on May 10-13, 1989. The proceedings of the conference are presented in this volume, which we hope will serve as a reference for clinicians and basic research scientists who require knowledge of the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of radiation injuries. This conference was designed specifically to address the areas of hematopoietic injury, infectious complications, and combined injury.Review Quotes
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The May 1989 conference, sponsored by the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, and its Medical Radiobiology Advisory Team, addressed factors related to the hematopoietic injury complications of radiation exposure, the infectious complications resulting from radiation injury, and the current status of combined injury and burn management therapy. A consensus statement provides state-of-the-art guidelines for recognizing and treating radiation injury.
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Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .55 Inches (D)
Weight: .81 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: General
Genre: Medical
Number of Pages: 250
Publisher: Springer
Format: Paperback
Author: Doris Browne
Language: English
Street Date: May 30, 2013
TCIN: 1003034709
UPC: 9781489908667
Item Number (DPCI): 247-16-7644
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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