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Diagnostic Criteria for Assessment by General Practitioners of Patients Injured in Radiation Incidents and Cases of Radiological Terrorism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2017

Vili Zahariev  and
Nikolai Hristov
Vili Zahariev
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical University – Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Nikolai Hristov*
Affiliation:
Department of Social Medicine, Medical University – Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Nikolai Hristov, Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical University – Sofia, 8 Byalo more Str., 1527 Sofia, Bulgaria (e-mail: hristovn@gmail.com).
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Abstract

The general practitioner is an important figure in the provision of medical care during radiation incidents and cases of radiological terrorism. Knowing the nature of the radiation injury is essential for correct diagnosis and treatment. Insufficient knowledge of most physicians, and of general practitioners in particular, on the clinical manifestation of radiation injuries is the reason such conditions remain unrecognized and improperly treated. We suggest some simple diagnostic criteria for assessment of the injured by general practitioners, based on the results of our own studies and on the recommendations of prominent international organizations. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:507–512)

Keywords

general practitionersradiation incidentsdiagnostic criteriamedical care provision
Type
Concepts in Disaster Medicine
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , August 2018 , pp. 507 - 512
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2017 

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