Radioiodine therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic in a public reference hospital in Brazil: an experience report

Abstract COVID-2019 has resulted in an emerging respiratory infection that has spread as a pandemic since January 2020. Nuclear Medicine Services and its workers experienced a dramatic change in their clinical routine. They were required to adjust protocols for this new health condition. Regarding r...

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Published in:	Radiation protection dosimetry Vol. 199; no. 11; pp. 1195 - 1201
Main Authors:	Fontes, Lídia F, Pujatti, Priscilla B, da Silva, Jorge W E, Costa, Célia H, Palhota, Cláudia, de Oliveira, Antônio P, de Mello, Rossana C R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Oxford University Press 05-07-2023
Subjects:	Brazil - epidemiology COVID-19 - radiotherapy Hospitals Humans Iodine Radioisotopes - therapeutic use Pandemics Brazil
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Summary:	Abstract COVID-2019 has resulted in an emerging respiratory infection that has spread as a pandemic since January 2020. Nuclear Medicine Services and its workers experienced a dramatic change in their clinical routine. They were required to adjust protocols for this new health condition. Regarding radioiodine therapy (RIT), initial orientations were to postpone treatments. In Brazil, National Nuclear Energy Commission prepared guidelines. It authorized RIT to employ activities over 1850 MBq in an outpatient setting on an exceptional basis. This study reports the RIT experience of a Brazilian hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, intending to evaluate the applicability of outpatient treatment employing over 1850 MBq of I-131 on a large scale. During referred period, 106 patients at our service had an indication for RIT, of which 58 agreed to participate in the research and provided informed consent. Majority of patients did not meet the minimum requirements for outpatient treatment using doses > 1850 MBq.
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ISSN:	0144-8420 1742-3406
DOI:	10.1093/rpd/ncad163