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[Emergency care for acute wound entering of plutonium and americium into the body (real case)].

Authors :
Krasniuk VI
Gasteva GN
Blinov AP
Kuz'menko LG
Source :
Meditsina truda i promyshlennaia ekologiia [Med Tr Prom Ekol] 2005 (3), pp. 45-8.
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

The article describes a case of slowly soluble plutonium and americium compounds entering human body via skin wound. During the wound healing, the authors followed features of biokinetics of the radioactive substances, determined the major route of their excretion, evaluated efficiency of surgical d-bridement and complexation medicine (pentacin). clinical and biophysicdata collected could serve to increase efficiency of urgent therapeutic and prophylactic measures aimed to individuals with wounds contaminated with radioactive substances.

Details

Language :
Russian
ISSN :
1026-9428
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Meditsina truda i promyshlennaia ekologiia
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
15859507