title: [Studies on the treatment of combined radiation-burn injury].
abstract: Combined radiation-burn injuries mainly occur under the circumstances of nuclear explosion, nuclear accident, nuclear terrorism, depleted uranium attack, as well as secondary injuries following attack on nuclear installation. Combination of burn and radiation injuries bring along more serious whole body damage, more complicated pathological mechanism and much more difficult management. Research progress on the pathological mechanism and medical management of several key links of combined injury were discussed in this paper. (1) Enhancement of early first aid and prevention of early death of wounded. (2) Damage and restoration of hemopoietic function. (3) Disturbance of immune function and prevention and treatment of infection (mainly on the intestinal mucosa immunity and enterological infection). (4) Management of burn wound. (5) The role of several important measures in the comprehensive treatment.
authors.affiliation: Insititute of Combined Injury, State Key Laboratory of Truama, Burns and Combined Injury, the Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Tian-min
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Xin-ze
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Ran
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000628:therapy*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D051381:Rats