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    A patient treated for a thyroid condition was discharged from a hospital in Louisville with 90 mCi of iodine-131 still in his thyroid gland. He took an 18 hour bus ride to New York City, sitting next to a pregnant woman the entire time. Given the 30 inch distance between the patient's thyroid and the fetus, calculate the radiation exposure to the fetus assuming no attenuation of the gamma photons. The document provides information about a patient who was discharged from the hospital with 90 mCi of iodine-131 still in his thyroid gland after treatment for a thyroid condition. It asks you to calculate the radiation exposure to the fetus of the pregnant woman sitting next to the patient on the bus, given a 30 inch

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    A patient treated for a thyroid condition was discharged from a hospital in Louisville with 90 mCi of iodine-131 still in his thyroid gland. He took an 18 hour bus ride to New York City, sitting next to a pregnant woman the entire time. Given the 30 inch distance between the patient's thyroid and the fetus, calculate the radiation exposure to the fetus assuming no attenuation of the gamma photons. The document provides information about a patient who was discharged from the hospital with 90 mCi of iodine-131 still in his thyroid gland after treatment for a thyroid condition. It asks you to calculate the radiation exposure to the fetus of the pregnant woman sitting next to the patient on the bus, given a 30 inch

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    A patient treated for a thyroid condition was discharged from a hospital in Louisville with 90 mCi of iodine-131 still in his thyroid gland. He took an 18 hour bus ride to New York City, sitting next to a pregnant woman the entire time. Given the 30 inch distance between the patient's thyroid and the fetus, calculate the radiation exposure to the fetus assuming no attenuation of the gamma photons. The document provides information about a patient who was discharged from the hospital with 90 mCi of iodine-131 still in his thyroid gland after treatment for a thyroid condition. It asks you to calculate the radiation exposure to the fetus of the pregnant woman sitting next to the patient on the bus, given a 30 inch

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    A p a t i e n t t r e a t e d f o r a s p e c i a l t h y r o i d c o n d i t i o n received an o r a l dose of 90

    mCi o f iodine-131 i n a h o s p i t a l i n L o u i s v i l l e , Kentucky. The f o l l o w i n g day


    t h e p a t i e n t was discharged t o j o i n h i s f a m i l y i n New York C i t y . Because of
    t h e A i r T r a f f i c C o n t r o l l e r s S t r i k e , he t o o k a p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t a t i o n bus and
    reached h i s d e s t i n a t i o n 18 hours l a t e r . The passenger seated n e x t t o him f o r
    t h e e n t i r e t r i p was a pregnant woman. Assume t h e iodine-131 a c t i v i t y i n t h e
    t h y r o i d gland o f t h e p a t i e n t t o be a p o i n t source and t h e distance between
    t h e t h y r o i d gland c o n t a i n i n g iodine-131 and t h e f e t u s t o be 30 inches.

    Points
    2 A. What i s t h e iodine-131 body burden i n t h e p a t i e n t ? What con-
    s i d e r a t i o n ( ~ )should be g i v e n f n d i s c h a r g i n g t h e p a t i e n t ?

    B. L i s t two r a d i a t i o n p r e c a u t i o n s o r i n s t r u c t i o n s t h a t should be
    given t o t h e p a t i e n t upon r e l e a s e from t h e h o s p i t a l .

    C. C a l c u l a t e t h e r a d i a t i o n exposure t o t h e f e t u s assuming no
    a t t e n u a t i o n o f t h e gamma photons between t h e source and t h e
    target?

    D. What i s t h e guidance o f t h e NCRP w i t h regard t o r a d i a t i o n


    exposure t o t h e f e t u s ?

    E. Estimate t h e r a d i a t i o n dose t o t h e t h y r o i d gland o f t h e p a t i e n t ?

    GIYEN
    Physical h a l f - l i f e o f iodine0131 = 8.0 days

    B i 01 o g i c a1 h a l f - t i m e o f iodine-131 i n t h e t h y r o i d g l and = 13.2 days

    S p e c i f i c Gamma-ray Constant o f i o d i n e - U 1 T = 2.2 x l o 3 R cm2/ci h r


    24-hour uptake i n t h e t h y r o i d gland a t t h e t i m e o f discharge = 30%

    Assume instantaneous uptake and u n i f o r m d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t h e a c t i v i t y i n t h e


    t h y r o i d gland and t h a t i t i s e l i m i n a t e d e x p o n e n t i a l l y w i t h a s i n g l e e f f e c t i v e
    ha1 f-time.

    Dose t o t h e t h y r o i d l a n d per pCi-hr o f cumulative a c t i v i t y i n t h e t h y r o i d


    gland, 5 = 2.2 x lo-' rads.

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