BACKGROUND Whole body computed tomography (WBCT) is an important adjunct in trauma care, which is often part of standard protocol in initial management of trauma patients. However, WBCT exposes patients to a significant dose of radiation. The use of WBCT was assessed in a modern trauma cohort in Sweden. METHODS A two-center retrospective cohort study was performed. All consecutive trauma aler...

Sunburn of apple fruit is a surface injury caused by solar radiation that in the initial phase results in a light corky layer, golden or bronze discolouration, and other injuries to the epidermal tissue on the surface exposed to the sun. According to the definition of Retig and Kedar (1967), sunburn is a physiological injury that significantly affects fruit quality. Meteorological elements, the...

To provide proper medical care for patients after a radiation incident, it is necessary to make the correct diagnosis in a timely manner and to ascertain the relative magnitude of the incident. The present article addresses the clinical diagnosis and management of high-dose radiation injuries and illnesses in the first 24 to 72 hours after a radiologic or nuclear incident. To evaluate the magni...

INTRODUCTION Employment in the health care industry can be hazardous to one’s health. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, health care is second only to manufacturing in the number of occupational illnesses and injuries sustained by their workers. Anesthesia personnel are at risk of acquiring a number of occupational illnesses and injuries that are endemic to the high intensity environment of...

Mass exposure to radiologic substances presents a unique challenge to the entire response effort, which includes health care professionals, law enforcement personnel, and other first responders. Recognition of signs and symptoms of exposure, and focus on removal and decontamination are priorities of management. Radiation injuries require specialized equipment and access to experts. Patients can...

Background: Numerous unique characteristics of the nanosized gold, including high atomic number, low toxicity, and high biocompatibility make it one of the most appropriate nanostructures to boost radiotherapy efficacy. Many in-vivo and in-vitro investigations have indicated that gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) can significantly increase tumor injuries in low kilovoltage radiotherapy. While deep-lyi...

Radiation-induced heart disease (RIHD) is a potentially severe side effect of radiotherapy of thoracic and chest wall tumors if all or part of the heart was included in the radiation field. RIHD presents clinically several years after irradiation and manifestations include accelerated atherosclerosis, pericardial and myocardial fibrosis, conduction abnormalities, and injury to cardiac valves. T...

conclusions results of this study indicate that selective brain cooling is an effective method of decreasing icp in rats; however, the deeper hypothermia caused a greater decrease in icp three hours after hypothermia induction. background experimental approaches have been promising with the use of therapeutic hypothermia after traumatic brain injury (tbi) whereas clinical data have not supporte...

background x-ray, is one of the oldest, and yet the most widely used form of medical photographing. x-ray is a valuable tool to diagnose and examine many diseases such as arthritis, spinal injuries, pneumonia, bronchitis and even cancer. running a quality control program of the radiology devices can reduce the absorbed dose in the patients. the aim of this study is to take the quality control t...