A 10-kiloton (kT) nuclear detonation within a US city could expose hundreds of thousands of people to radiation. The Scarce Resources for a Nuclear Detonation Project was undertaken to guide community planning and response in the aftermath of a nuclear detonation, when demand will greatly exceed available resources. This article reviews the pertinent literature on radiation injuries from human ...

Purpose Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common in children. The aim of this study was to identify clinical predictors of intracranial injuries on computed tomography (CT) in infants younger than 2 years old with mild TBI, which allow reducing number of imaging. Results Of 214 enrolled infants with complete data, 30 (5.8%) sustained intracranial injuries. Younger age in months, severe inj...

Because of our increased dependency on the use radiation in areas such as food industry, agriculture, space exploration, diagnostics and treatment various diseases including cancer, possibilities unnecessary exposure to ionizing have considerably increased. Hence, there is a need develop an effective radioprotective agent that can protect against deleterious effects radiation. So far, many synt...

Abstract Ionizing-radiation causes acute radiation syndrome leading to hematopoietic, gastrointestinal and cerebrovascular injuries. Substantial federal efforts have been made develop therapeutic radioprotectants for routine clinical use, however it remains a long-standing unresolved problem. We investigated population of mice that recovered from high-dose live normal lifespans. These elite-sur...

Radiotherapy is a common treatment for cancer patients, but its use is often restricted by the tolerance of normal tissue. As cancer patients live longer, delayed radiation effects on normal tissue have become a concern. Radiation-induced enteropathy, including inflammatory bowel disease and fibrosis, are major issues for long-term cancer survivors. To investigate whether silibinin attenuates d...

conclusions major vascular injuries in our center occurred in young men, frequently because of stab wounds. popliteal injuries mostly caused by motor vehicle accidents was the second most common arterial injury, followed by combined ulnar and radial injuries. vascular reconstruction in the first hours after trauma may prevent many unnecessary and preventable amputation procedures. results most ...

objective:  to determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of hand and finger amputations in patients referring to a single center in northern iran. methods: this was a cross-sectional study conducted on 200 traumatic hand amputees hospitalized in shohada hospital in tabriz, northwestern iran during a 1-year period in 2014. data were collected through prospective interviews for v...

BACKGROUND Trauma care benefits from the use of imaging technologies. Trauma patients and trauma team members are exposed to radiation during the continuum of care. Knowledge of exposure amounts and effects are important for trauma team members. METHODS We performed a review of the published literature; keywords included "trauma," "patients," "trauma team members," "wounds," "injuries," "radi...

Introduction: The safe delivery of an ionization radiation dose to a tumor is often limited by the irradiation of the adjacent normal tissues. In total body irradiation, for instance, unintended radiation dose to the kidneys can result in the loss of renal function and radiation-induced nephropathy[1]. Radiation injuries in radiosensitive late responding critical organs, such as the kidneys, ca...