Medical Management of Radiation Accidents

ISBN-13: 9780849370045 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 640 str.

Igor Gusev; A. K. Gus'kova; Fred A. Mettler

Opis

Although radiation accidents are rare and often complex in nature, they are of great concern not only to the patient and involved medical staff, but to the media and public as well. Yet there are few if any comprehensive publications on the medical management of radiation accidents. Medical Management of Radiation Accidents provides a complete reference for those concerned with radiation accidents nationally as well as abroad. Substantially different from the first edition, which dealt predominantly with radiation accident experiences in the United States, this updated and revised Second Edition represents an international cooperative effort that reflects current international approaches and experiences related to the medical management of radiation accidents. It is organized into areas that include: othe fundamental aspects, medical characteristics, and classification of radiation accidentsoaspects of radiation on the entire body and specific tissuesothe history of accidents throughout the worldoa general overview of certain types of accidents with specific examples oa follow-up of persons accidentally exposed to radiation with considerations related to epidemiological studies an

Recenzje

"Medical Management of Radiation Accidents has everything you ever wanted to know about radiation-induced injuries and more. This well-organized book is probably the most comprehensive text available on the subject. …The major improvement found in the second edition is the breadth and depth of the coverage on the evaluation and treatment of the many injuries presented."
- Roger E. Linnemann, Radiation Management Consultants, Pennsylvania, in American Journal of Roentgenology

"This is the definitive text of the medical management of persons accidentally exposed to ionizing radiation. It is a major expansion and improvement over the first edition, and encompasses the worldwide experience in radiation accidents. There is no major competition for the book. It should be readily accessible to physicians, nurses, emergency medical technicians, and others who staff hospital emergency rooms or who otherwise may be called upon at some time to address the needs of persons accidentally exposed to radiation… 4 Stars!"
- William R. Hendee, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin

"…an excellent update to a comprehensive text and reference book on the medical management of radiation injury…No other reference has brought together such a comprehensive compilation of information on radiation injury. This alone would make the volume valuable…The author's have done an admirable job of offering useful and practical information in a concise and readable way."
- Health Physics, February 2002, Volume 82, Number 2

Spis treści

Fundamentals of Radiation Accidents. Medical Characteristics of Different Types of Radiation Accidents. Radiation Sickness Classification. Acute Radiation Sickness: Underlying Principles and Assessment. Treatment of Acute Radiation Sickness. Direct Effects of Radiation on Specific Tissues. The Safety of Radiation Sources and the Security of Radioactive Materials. Review of Chinese Nuclear Accidents. Radiation Accidents in the Former U.S.S.R. Radiation Accidents in the United States. Criticality Accidents. Medical Aspects of the Accident at Chernobyl. Accidents at Industrial Irradiation Facilities. Local Radiation Injury. Accidental Radiation Injury From Industrial Radiography Sources. Accident Involving Abandoned Radioactive Sources in Georgia, 1997. Localized Irradiation from an Industrial Radiography Source in San Ramon, Peru. Exposure Analysis and Medical Evaluation of a Low Energy X-Ray Diffraction Accident. Local Irradiation Injury of the Hands with an Electron Beam Machine. Accidents in Radiation Therapy. Two-Year Medical Follow-up on the Radiographic Accident in Costsa Rica. Medical Accidents with Local Injury: Local Injury from Use of Medical Fluoroscopy. Assessment and Treatment of Internal Contamination: General Principles. Lifetime Follow-up of the 1976 American Accident Victim. Two Los Alamos Plutonium Accidents. Internal Contamination in the Goiania Accident -- Brazil, 1987. Fatal Accidental Overdose with Radioactive Gold in Wisconsin, United States.
Skin Wounds and Burns Contaminated by Radioactive Substances (Metabolism, Decontamination, Tactics and Techniques of Medical Care). Iridium-192 Acid Skin Burn in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hospital Preparation for Radiation Accidents. Emergency Room Management of Radiation Accidents. Application of Radiation Protection Principles to Accident Management. Monitoring and Epidemiological Follow-up of Persons Accidentally Exposed. Issues Involved in Long-term Follow-up of Persons After Radiation Exposure. Long-Term Follow-up After Accidental Exposure to Radioactive Fallout in the Marshall Islands. Manhattan Project Plutonium Workers at Los Alamos. Epidemiologic Evaluation of Populations Employed and Accidentally Exposed Near the Techa River. Instrumentation and Physical Dose Assessment in Radiation Accidents. Evaluation of Neutron Exposure. The Current Status of Biological Dosimeters. Psychosocial Effects of Radiation Accidents. Accidental Radiation Exposure During Pregnancy.

O autorze

Igor Gusev, Kenneth S. Cohen, Angelina Guskova, Fred A. Mettller