title: [The characteristics of the course of acute pneumonia in patients subjected to prolonged exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station].
abstract: Distinct changes in the clinical picture of acute pneumonia were noted in patients subjected to constant prolonged (1986-1990) effect of small doses of ionizing radiation as a result of residing in the contaminated territory after the Chernobyl atomic station disaster. These changes included increased duration of the disease, frequency of protracted forms, suppression of the immune system. At the same time a general decrease of the incidence of acute pneumonia, increase of the frequency of severe cases of concomitant pathology indicate some stimulating effect of small doses of ionizing radiation on the body with a healthy immune system and suppressing effect on inadequately functioning immune system. Changes of the clinico-laboratory indices of the course of acute inflammatory process depended on the duration of residing in the contaminated locality and to a lesser degree of the dose.
authors.forename: M Iu
authors.initials: MIu
authors.lastname: Kolpakov
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Mal'tsev
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Iakobchuk
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Shatilo
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Kolpakova
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000208:Acute Disease; D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000367:Age Factors; D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D011210:Power Plants; D013997:Time Factors; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive
vernacular_title: Osobennosti techeniia ostroĭ pnevmonii u bol'nykh, podvergavshikhsia dlitel'nomu vozdeĭstviiu malykh doz ioniziruiushchego izlucheniia v rezul'tate avarii na Chernobyl'skoĭ AES.