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==[[Radiation injury overview|Overview]]==
 
==[[Radiation injury classification|Classification]]==
 
==[[Radiation injury pathophysiology|Pathophysiology]]==
 
==[[Radiation injury causes|Causes]]==
 
==[[Radiation injury differential diagnosis|Differentiating Radiation injury from other Diseases]]==
 
==[[Radiation injury risk factors|Risk Factors]]==
 
==[[Radiation injury screening|Screening]]==
 
==[[Radiation injury natural history|Natural History, Complications and Prognosis]]==
 
==[[Radiation injury diagnosis|Diagnosis]]==
[[Radiation injury history and symptoms|History and Symptoms]] | [[Radiation injury physical examination|Physical Examination]] | [[Radiation injury laboratory tests|Laboratory Findings]] | [[Radiation injury mri|MRI]] | [[Radiation injury other imaging findings|Other Imaging Findings]] | [[Radiation injury other diagnostic studies|Other Diagnostic Studies]]
 
==Treatment==
[[Radiation injury medical therapy|Medical Therapy]] | [[Radiation injury surgery|Surgery]] | [[Radiation injury primary prevention|Primary Prevention]]  | [[Radiation injury cost-effectiveness of therapy|Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy]] | [[Radiation injury future or investigational therapies|Future or Investigational Therapies]]
 
==Case Studies==
[[Radiation injury case study one|Case #1]]


==Source==
==Source==
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*George N. Hamawy, ''A Brief Introduction to Radiation Safety'' (Tucson, Arizona: Wheatmark, 2007), [http://amzn.to/ftiS7P ISBN 1587368935]
*George N. Hamawy, ''A Brief Introduction to Radiation Safety'' (Tucson, Arizona: Wheatmark, 2007), [http://amzn.to/ftiS7P ISBN 1587368935]


==External links==
==External Links==
* [http://bjr.birjournals.org/cgi/reprint/Supplement_27/1/41.pdf Radiation accidents with multi-organ failure in the United States]
* [http://bjr.birjournals.org/cgi/reprint/Supplement_27/1/41.pdf Radiation accidents with multi-organ failure in the United States]
* [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/radaccidents.html List of radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties]
* [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/radaccidents.html List of radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties]
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* [http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/arsphysicianfactsheet.asp The Center for Disease Control's fact sheet on Acute Radiation Syndrome]
* [http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/arsphysicianfactsheet.asp The Center for Disease Control's fact sheet on Acute Radiation Syndrome]
* [http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/lib/Therac_25/Therac_1.html Therac-25 computerized radiation therapy machine accidents]
* [http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/lib/Therac_25/Therac_1.html Therac-25 computerized radiation therapy machine accidents]


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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]; Ogheneochuko Ajari, MB.BS, MS [3]

Overview

Classification

Pathophysiology

Causes

Differentiating Radiation injury from other Diseases

Risk Factors

Screening

Natural History, Complications and Prognosis

Diagnosis

History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | MRI | Other Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies

Treatment

Medical Therapy | Surgery | Primary Prevention | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies

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References

  • Berger ME, O’Hare FM Jr, Ricks RC, editors. The Medical Basis for Radiation Accident Preparedness: The Clinical Care of Victims. REAC/TS Conference on the Medical Basis for Radiation Accident Preparedness. New York : Parthenon Publishing; 2002.
  • Gusev IA , Guskova AK , Mettler FA Jr, editors. Medical Management of Radiation Accidents, 2 nd ed., New York : CRC Press, Inc.; 2001.
  • Jarrett DG. Medical Management of Radiological Casualties Handbook, 1 st ed. Bethesda , Maryland : Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI); 1999.
  • LaTorre TE. Primer of Medical Radiobiology, 2 nd ed. Chicago : Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc.; 1989.
  • National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP). Management of Terrorist Events Involving Radioactive Material, NCRP Report No. 138. Bethesda , Maryland : NCRP; 2001.
  • Prasad KN. Handbook of Radiobiology, 2 nd ed. New York : CRC Press, Inc.; 1995.

Additional Resources

  • Michihiko Hachiya, Hiroshima Diary (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1955), ISBN 0-8078-4547-7.
  • John Hersey, Hiroshima (New York: Vintage, 1946, 1985 new chapter), ISBN 0-679-72103-7.
  • Ibuse Masuji, Black Rain (1969) ISBN 0-87011-364-X
  • Ernest J. Sternglass, Secret Fallout: low-level radiation from Hiroshima to Three-Mile Island (1981) ISBN 0-07-061242-0 (online)
  • Norman Solomon, Harvey Wasserman Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America's Experience with Atomic Radiation, 1945-1982, New York: Dell, 1982. ISBN 0-385-28537-X, ISBN 0-385-28536-1, ISBN 0-440-04567-3 (online)
  • George N. Hamawy, A Brief Introduction to Radiation Safety (Tucson, Arizona: Wheatmark, 2007), ISBN 1587368935

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