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The primary objective of this pilot study was to develop a new animal model that incorporates both hemorrhage and traumatic injury, combined with radiation exposure. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups (6\/group): 1. sham; 2. radiation injury (RI); 3. traumatic hemorrhage (TH), which is hemorrhage combined with extremity trauma; and 4. RI+TH. Radiation injury consisted of a single X-ray dose of 5. 5.5 Gy delivered at a rate of 1 Gy\/min. Hemorrhage involved a stepwise reduction of 37% of the estimated blood volume. Extremity trauma consisted of fibular fractures and penetrating and soft tissue injuries to a single extremity. Heart rate, mean arterial blood pressure (MAP), and blood indices were analyzed at intervals corresponding to pre-hemorrhage, end of hemorrhage, and 4 h after hemorrhage, with survival observed for 14 days. Radiation injury alone had little impact on the measured variables. Hemorrhage resulted in a 60% and 67% reduction in MAP in the traumatic hemorrhage and RI+TH groups, respectively, immediately after hemorrhage, which recovered by 4 h in the traumatic hemorrhage group but not in RI+TH group. A similar pattern was observed for blood lactate levels. Traumatic hemorrhage and radiation injury resulted in 50% mortality, although mortality occurred earlier after traumatic hemorrhage. RI+TH produced 80% mortality by day 4. No mortality was observed in the sham group. By combining a high dose of X-ray radiation with our established model of traumatic hemorrhage, we have developed a new rodent model that mimics combat casualties during nuclear or radiological events.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1667\/rade-25-00052.1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,29]],"date-time":"2025-06-29T20:02:02Z","timestamp":1751227322000},"page":"253-258","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["A Combat-Relevant Model of Traumatic Hemorrhage in Rats for the Study of Combined Radiation Injury: A Pilot Study"],"prefix":"10.1667","volume":"204","author":[{"given":"Stephanie M.","family":"Lipiec","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luciana N.","family":"Torres","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"59th Medical Wing, JBSA Lackland Air Force Base, 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