Pulmonary effects of combined blast injury and radiation poisoning.
In situations with relatively small numbers of patients with pulmonary blast injury aggressive modern intensive care treatment may allow a return to normal function. The additional effects of radiation poisoning are more difficult to factor in, but new treatments such as colony stimulating factors may improve the outlook for a group with moderate to severe radiation exposure who would previously have died of infection or haemorrhage.
Johnston
A McD
AM
City General University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 6QG. amcdj@doctors.org.uk
D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000528:radiation effects*; D055370:Lung Injury; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000379:methods; D009689:Nuclear Warfare; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014218:Triage
D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors