Medical Preparedness for Radiological Accidents in the Czech Republic and Selected Case Reports of Radiation Victims Treated at the Prague Health Center
Zdenka Fenclová1, Daniela Pelclová1, Vladislav Klener2,
and Jindriška Lebedová1
1 Department of Occupational Medicine, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2 National Radiation Protection Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
Corresponding author: Assoc. Prof. Daniela Pelclová, MD, PhD
Department of Occupational Medicine,
1st Medical Faculty,
Charles University
Na Bojišti 1
120 00 Prague, Czech Republic
Telephone: (+420) 2 2491 6729
Fax number: (+420) 2 2491 4570
E-mail: pelclova@cesnet.cz
CEJOEM 2000, Vol.6. No.4.:257-264
Key words:
Radiation accidents, special medical care, local radiation injuries, internal contamination, radioisotopes, cobalt, iridium, americium, iodine, occupational diseases
Abbreviations:
NRPI = National Radiation Protection Institute
SONS = State Office for Nuclear Safety
DTPA = diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
Abstract:
Authors present the system of special medical care for radiation victims in the Czech Republic and the most severe case-reports of patients of acute radiation dermatitis after external irradiation by Cobalt-60 or Iridium-192, and of patients internally contaminated by Americium-241 and Iodine-131 treated at the Prague Health Center for radiation victims.
Received: 24 November 2000
Accepted: 08 December 2000
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