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Title:
MEDICAL ASPECTS, CLINICAL AND HEMATOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF 137 CESIUMS: THE GOIANIA RADIATION ACCIDENT ( HEALTH PHYSICS PERGAMON PRESS JANUARY 1991, VOLUME 60, NO. 1, P.P. 31-39 )
Author(s):
BRANDAO-MELLO, C.E. (HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL); FARINA, R. (HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL); OLIVEIRA, A.R. (HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL); VALVERDE, N.J. (HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL)
Subject Terms:
HREX; CESIUM 137
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1991 Jan 31
Document Pages:
0010
Accession Number:
NV0704607
Originating Research Org.:
HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
FIFTY PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE 137CS ACCIDENT IN GOIANIA SHOWED SYMPTOMS OF WHOLE-BODY AND LOCAL ACUTE IRRADIATION AND ALSO EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL CONTAMINATION MAINLY DUE TO INGESTION OR ABSORPTION OF 137CS. FOURTEEN OF THE 50 DEVELOPED SEVERE BONE MARROW DEPRESSION CHARACTERIZED BY NEUTROPENIA AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA. EIGHT OF THOSE 14 RECEIVED GM-CSF INTRAVENOUSLY. NONE WERE SUBMITTED TO BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. FOUR OF THE 14 DIED DUE TO HEMORRHAGE AND INFECTION. FOR THOSE WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTAMINATION EVALUATED BY IN-VITRO AND IN-VIVO ASSAYS, PRESSIA BLUE WAS ADMINISTERED WITH DOSES RANGING FROM 1.5 TO 10 GD-1. BESIDES PRUSSIA BLUE, OTHER MEASURES WERE TAKEN TO INCREASE DECORPORATION OF 137CS, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATION OF DIURETICS, WATER OVERLOAD, AND ERGOMETRIC EXERCISES. FROM 50 TO 100 PERSONS ARE BEING FOLLOWED IN A MEDICAL PROTOCOL.