Emergency department management of patients internally contaminated with radioactive material
Abstract
After a radiation emergency that involves the dispersal of radioactive material, patients can become externally and internally contaminated with one or more radionuclides. Internal contamination can lead to the delivery of harmful ionizing radiation doses to various organs and tissues or the whole body. The clinical consequences can range from acute radiation syndrome (ARS) to the long term development of cancer. Estimating the amount of radioactive material absorbed into the body can guide the management of patients. Treatment includes, in addition to supportive care and long term monitoring, certain medical countermeasures like Prussian blue, Calcium DTPA and Zinc DTPA.
- Authors:
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- National Center for Environmental Health, Atlanta, GA (United States); Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA (United States)
- National Center for Environmental Health, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1225736
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-14-28951
Journal ID: ISSN 0733-8627; PII: S0733862714000789; TRN: US1600589
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0733-8627
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; radioactive terrorism; contamination; radioactive elements; radiation dosage; chelation therapy
Citation Formats
Kazzi, Ziad, Buzzell, Jennifer, Bertelli, Luiz, and Christensen, Doran. Emergency department management of patients internally contaminated with radioactive material. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.emc.2014.09.008.
Kazzi, Ziad, Buzzell, Jennifer, Bertelli, Luiz, & Christensen, Doran. Emergency department management of patients internally contaminated with radioactive material. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emc.2014.09.008
Kazzi, Ziad, Buzzell, Jennifer, Bertelli, Luiz, and Christensen, Doran. Sat .
"Emergency department management of patients internally contaminated with radioactive material". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emc.2014.09.008. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1225736.
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title = {Emergency department management of patients internally contaminated with radioactive material},
author = {Kazzi, Ziad and Buzzell, Jennifer and Bertelli, Luiz and Christensen, Doran},
abstractNote = {After a radiation emergency that involves the dispersal of radioactive material, patients can become externally and internally contaminated with one or more radionuclides. Internal contamination can lead to the delivery of harmful ionizing radiation doses to various organs and tissues or the whole body. The clinical consequences can range from acute radiation syndrome (ARS) to the long term development of cancer. Estimating the amount of radioactive material absorbed into the body can guide the management of patients. Treatment includes, in addition to supportive care and long term monitoring, certain medical countermeasures like Prussian blue, Calcium DTPA and Zinc DTPA.},
doi = {10.1016/j.emc.2014.09.008},
journal = {Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America},
number = 1,
volume = 33,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}
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