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Title:
HANDING OF RADIATION ACCIDENTS, TITLED: " POSSIBILITIES FOR IMPROVED TREAMENT OF PERSONS EXPOSED IN RADIATION ACCIDENTS " ( VIENNA, 1969 )
Author(s):
ANDREW, G A [OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES]; BALISH, E [OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES]; EDWARDS, C L [OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES]; KNISELEY, R M [OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES]; LUSHBAUGH, C C [OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES]
Subject Terms:
HREX
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1969 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0018
Accession Number:
NV0704474
Originating Research Org.:
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (Austria)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
POSSIBILITIES FOR IMPROVED TREATMENT OF PERSONS EXPOSED IN RADIATION ACCIDENTS. THE NUMBER OF PERSONS EXPOSED TO ACUTE RADIATION CONTINUES TO BE SMALL AND THE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN HANDLING THEM IS THUS OBVIOUSLY LIMITED. THE GREAT INCREASE IN USE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND THE GROWING NUMBER OF POWER REACTORS CONSTITUTE GREATLY AUGMENTED POTENTIAL SITES FOR ACCIDENTS, BUT FORTUNATELY THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS IS NOT INCREASING. THERE APPERS TO BE SOME SHIFT IN THE TYPE OF ACCIDENTS, WITH A RELATIVE INCREASE IN THOSE IN WHICH EXCESSIVE DOSE TO A SMALL PART OF THE BODY IS THE PREDOMINANT FEATURE. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE PROGRESS IN TREATING LOCAL RADIATION INJURY BUT METHODS FOR HANDLING THE HEMATOPOIETIC SYNDROME ARE DEFINITELY IMPROVED. WITH PLATELET TRANSFUSIONS WE HAVE A POWERFUL AID IN MANAGING HEMORRHAGE; THE MORE DIFFICULT PROBLEM IN PERSONS WITH SEVERE MARROW DEPRESSION IS INFECTION. THE DEVELOPMENT OF STERILE ENVIRONMENT FACILITIES AND THE AVAILABILITY OF BETTER ANTIBOTIC THERAPY ARE IMPORTANT ADVANCES. WHEN THESE MEASURES ARE NOT ADEQUATE, MORE EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES GIVE SOME PROMISE: THE INJECTION OF CONCENTRATED LEUKEMIC OR NORMAL LEUKOCYTES, THE USE OF CROSS CIRCULATION, OR THE INJECTION OF ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW. CLASSIFICATION OF THE INJURY AND ESTIMATION OF ITS SEVERITY ARE MORE EFFECTIVELY DONE NOW THAN A FEW YEARS AGO, AND CONTRIBUTE TO BETTER TREATMENT.