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ArticleAnnals of occupational and environmental medicine2018

Acute radiation syndrome in a non-destructive testing worker: a case report.

Ji-Sung Ahn, Jai-Dong Moon, Wonyang Kang, Hyeong-Min Lim, Seunghyeon Cho, Dae-Young Lim, Won-Ju Park

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Article in Annals of occupational and environmental medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ji-Sung AhnDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, 322 Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-gun, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do 58128 Republic of Korea.
Jai-Dong MoonDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, 322 Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-gun, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do 58128 Republic of Korea.
Wonyang KangDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, 322 Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-gun, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do 58128 Republic of Korea.
Hyeong-Min LimDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, 322 Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-gun, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do 58128 Republic of Korea.
Seunghyeon ChoDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, 322 Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-gun, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do 58128 Republic of Korea.
Dae-Young LimDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, 322 Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-gun, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do 58128 Republic of Korea.
Won-Ju ParkDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, 322 Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-gun, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do 58128 Republic of Korea.
Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn Korea, there were repeated radiation exposure accidents among non-destructive testing workers. Most of the cases involved local injury, such as radiation burns or hematopoietic cancer. Herein, we report a case of acute radiation syndrome caused by short periods of high exposure to ionizing radiation. CASE PRESENTATION: In January 2017, Korea Information System on Occupational Exposure (KISOE) found that a 31-year-old man who had worked in a non-destructive testing company had been overexposed to radiation. The patient complained of symptoms of anorexia, general weakness, prostration, and mild dizziness for several days. He was anemic. The venous injection areas had bruises and bleeding tendency. Blood and bone marrow testing showed pancytopenia and the patient was diagnosed with acute radiation syndrome (white blood cells: 1400/cubic mm, hemoglobin: 7.1 g/dL, platelets: 14000/cubic mm). He was immediately prohibited from working and blood transfusion was commenced. The patient's radiation exposure dose was over 1.4 Gy (95% confidence limits: 1.1-1.6) in lymphocyte depletion kinetics. It was revealed that the patient had been performing non-destructive tests without radiation shielding when working in high places of the large pipe surface.

conclusionsExposure prevention is clearly possible in radiation-exposed workers. Strict legal amendments to safety procedures are essential to prevent repeated radiation exposure accidents.

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Acute radiation syndromeNon-destructive testingPancytopeniaRadiation

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