Table 2 The two decorporation agents that are essential for nuclear/radiological emergencies and the radionuclides whose excretion can be enhanced
From: Medical management of victims contaminated with radionuclides after a “dirty bomb” attack
Antidote | Radionuclides |
|---|---|
(Ca)DTPA | Americium, Californium, Cerium, Chrome, Cobalt, Curium, Erbium, Europium, Iron, Gallium, Iridium, Lanthanum, Manganese, Plutonium, Praseodymium, Promethium, Ruthenium, Samarium, Scandium, Thorium, Ytterbium, Yttrium, Zinc, Zirconium; Mixture of fission products |
Prussian blue | Cesium, Thallium, Indium; Mixture of fission products |