Open AccessUse of ultraviolet radiation in modern medicine (Literature review).
Author(s) -
П С Маркевич,
П С Маркевич,
А. В. Алехнович,
А. В. Алехнович,
А М Кисленко,
А М Кисленко,
А А Есипов,
А А Есипов
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskoj voenno-medicinskoj akademii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2687-1424
pISSN - 1682-7392
DOI - 10.17816/brmma20669
Subject(s) - otorhinolaryngology , ultraviolet radiation , medicine , medical physics , clinical practice , intensive care medicine , surgery , family medicine , chemistry , radiochemistry
The article describes the main directions and areas of application of ultraviolet radiation in clinical practice. A special place is given to the mechanisms of biological effects of ultraviolet radiation, therapeutic effects, as well as the main indications, contraindications, equipment for the use of this method of treatment at the present time. Ultraviolet radiation in all possible methods and methods of delivery to biological tissues is of high importance in modern practice, effectively used in most sections of medicine - surgery, urology, gynecology, dermatology, pulmonology, cardiology, otorhinolaryngology, hematology, immunology and many others. This forms the basis for a wider introduction of UV radiation, further improvement of equipment and methods of its application in practical medicine.