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Citation

Rump A, Stricklin D, Lamkowski A, Eder S, Abend M, Port M. Adv. Wound Care (New Rochelle) 2017; 6(1): 1-9.

Affiliation

Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology , Munich, Germany .

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Publishers)

DOI

10.1089/wound.2016.0693

PMID

28116223

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: In the case of a terrorist attack by a "dirty bomb" there is a risk of internal contamination with radionuclides through inhalation and wounds. We studied the efficacy of a decorporation treatment depending on the initiation time and duration. Approach: Based on biokinetic models, we simulated the impact of different diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid treatments on the committed effective dose after the incorporation of plutonium-239.

RESULTS: For the same level of radioactivity, the dose was higher after the fast absorption from the wound than after a slow invasion following inhalation. The impact of the treatment initiation time was particularly important in the case of the internal contamination through the wound. Ending the treatment at an early point in time was followed by an augmentation of radioactivity in the blood compartment, reflecting insufficient treatment duration. Treatment efficacy increased only marginally if extended over 90 days. Innovation and Conclusion: For plutonium-239, the committed effective dose and the impact of the treatment initiation time on therapeutic efficacy predominantly depend on the speed of invasion, i.e., the pathway and the physicochemical properties of the compounds involved. Thus, it is prudent to start decorporation therapy as soon as possible, as a loss of efficacy resulting from a delay in treatment initiation cannot be compensated later on. In the case of plutonium-239 incorporation, the treatment must be continued for several months. Multiple fragmentation wounds might be aggregated to a single wound model suited for internal dosimetry calculations by using the "rule of nine."


Language: en

Keywords

DTPA; decorporation treatment; dirty bomb; plutonium-239; radionuclide incorporation

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