American Thyroid Association Scientific Statement on the Use of Potassium Iodide Ingestion in a Nuclear Emergency

Angela M Leung; Andrew J Bauer; Salvatore Benvenga; Alina V Brenner; James V Hennessey; James R Hurley; Stacey A Milan; Arthur B Schneider; Krishnamurthi Sundaram; Daniel J Toft

doi:10.1089/thy.2017.0054

American Thyroid Association Scientific Statement on the Use of Potassium Iodide Ingestion in a Nuclear Emergency

Thyroid. 2017 Jul;27(7):865-877. doi: 10.1089/thy.2017.0054. Epub 2017 Jun 21.

Authors

Angela M Leung^{1

2}, Andrew J Bauer^{3

4}, Salvatore Benvenga^{5

6}, Alina V Brenner⁷, James V Hennessey⁸, James R Hurley⁹, Stacey A Milan¹⁰, Arthur B Schneider¹¹, Krishnamurthi Sundaram¹², Daniel J Toft¹³

Affiliations

¹ 1 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine , Los Angeles, California.
² 2 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System , Los Angeles, California.
³ 3 Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ 4 Department of Pediatrics, The University of Pennsylvania , The Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁵ 5 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina School of Medicine , Messina, Italy .
⁶ 6 Interdepartmental Program of Molecular and Clinical Endocrinology and Women's Endocrine Health, University hospital Policlinico G Martino , Messina, Italy .
⁷ 7 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
⁸ 8 Department of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , Boston, Massachusetts.
⁹ 9 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine; Weill Cornell Medical College , New York, New York.
¹⁰ 10 Department of General Surgery, Division of Endocrine Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , El Paso, Texas.
¹¹ 11 Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; University of Illinois College of Medicine , Chicago, Illinois.
¹² 12 Department of Otolaryngology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center , Brooklyn, New York.
¹³ 13 Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University , Chicago, Illinois.

Abstract

This document serves to summarize the issues and the American Thyroid Association (ATA) position regarding the use of potassium iodide as a thyroid blocking agent in the event of a nuclear accident. The purpose is to provide a review and updated position statement regarding the advanced distribution, stockpiling, and availability of potassium iodide in the event of nuclear radiation emergencies in the United States.

Keywords: KI; nuclear emergency; nuclear power plant; potassium iodide; predistribution.

Publication types

Practice Guideline
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Disasters
Humans
Nuclear Power Plants
Potassium Iodide / therapeutic use*
Radioactive Hazard Release*
Thyroid Gland*
United States

Substances

Potassium Iodide

Grants and funding

K23 HD068552/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States