Prehospital and Disaster Medicine: Volume 8 - Issue 1

Use of Selective Decontamination in the Prevention of Infection After Accidental Irradiation
Itzhak Brook, G. David Ledney
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28 June 2012, pp. 85-88
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Exposure to radiation induces a reduction in the number of gastrointestinal, anaerobic bacterial flora, and an increase in the number of Enterobacteriaceae that are associated with sepsis and mortality. Antimicrobials that suppress anaerobic flora have a deleterious effect on survival by promoting earlier enterobacterial sepsis. In contrast, in studies of animals and immunosuppressed patients, antimicrobials that inhibit gram-negative enteric bacteria and preserve the anaerobic flora have shown a beneficial effect by preventing bacterial translocation and fatal sepsis. The quinolone antimicrobials hold potential for therapy of endogenous and exogenous infection after irrodiation.

Introduction to Disaster Management: Lesson 2—Concepts and Terms in Disaster Management
Frederick C. Cuny
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28 June 2012, pp. 89-95
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