title: Relation between clinical and laboratory parameters with radiation dose rates from patients receiving iodine-131 therapy for thyroid carcinoma.
abstract: Three days following administration of radioactive iodine in 38 patients, exposure rates such as dose rate close to the dress (D0), dose rate of dress at 1 m (D1), dose rate close to the bedsheet (B0), dose rate of bedsheet at 1 m (B1), dose rate of patient at 1 m (P1) and also sum of D1 and B1 (S1) were measured using a radiation detection survey metre with a calibrated ionisation chamber. The patient population consisted of 36 females and 2 males with mean age 38.92 +/- 15.76 y. A considerable correlation was found between age and P1 (r = 0.37 and p = 0.02), and administered dose and P1 (r = 0.43 and p = 0.006). It is recommended that a document should be prepared for practitioners and also all individuals coming in contact with older patients are to be made aware of the contamination and radiation hazards.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Isa Neshandar
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Asli
authors.forename: Nastaran
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Baharfard
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shafiei
authors.forename: Faraj
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tabei
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Javadi
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seyedabadi
authors.forename: Iraj
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nabipour
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Assadi
mesh_terms: D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001822:Body Burden; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007753:Laboratories; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes