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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
* | *Also known as "Radiological Dispersal Device"<ref name="Rosoff">Rosoff H, von Winterfeldt D. A risk and economic analysis of dirty bomb attacks on the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Risk Anal. 2007 Jun;27(3):533-46.</ref> | ||
*Consists of radioactive material packaged into non-nuclear (conventional) bomb<ref name="Rosoff" /> | |||
**No nuclear fusion/fission occurs | |||
**Detonation causes injuries from conventional explosion and also spreads radioactive material, causing radiation injuries and cancer | |||
**Radioactive material spread locally via blast, and carried more distantly via aerosolized or particulate "plumes" | |||
**Multiple radioisotopes from various sources (e.g. nuclear fuel waste, medical radiography, etc) could be employed | |||
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 10:14, 11 July 2015
Background
- Also known as "Radiological Dispersal Device"[1]
- Consists of radioactive material packaged into non-nuclear (conventional) bomb[1]
- No nuclear fusion/fission occurs
- Detonation causes injuries from conventional explosion and also spreads radioactive material, causing radiation injuries and cancer
- Radioactive material spread locally via blast, and carried more distantly via aerosolized or particulate "plumes"
- Multiple radioisotopes from various sources (e.g. nuclear fuel waste, medical radiography, etc) could be employed
Diagnosis
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Work-Up
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DDx
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Treatment
Treatment with stable iodine when the committed dose equivalent to the adult thyroid is expected to exceed 250 milliSieverts (mSv), the equivalent of 25 rem (FDA 2001).
- Under 40 years old
- potassium iodide (KI)
- immediate and Qday x 7-14 days
- Over 40 years old
- no KI treatment
- contraindication = iodine allergy
- potassium iodate (KIO3) can also be used (more GI irritation)
Disposition
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