TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Antidotes in Depth A1 - Rella, Joseph G. A2 - Hoffman, Robert S. A2 - Howland, Mary Ann A2 - Lewin, Neal A. A2 - Nelson, Lewis S. A2 - Goldfrank, Lewis R. PY - 2015 T2 - Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10e AB - Pentetate zinc trisodium and pentetate calcium trisodium (zinc or calcium diethylenetriaminepentaacetate; Zn-DTPA and Ca-DTPA, respectively) are chelators for certain heavy metals and radionuclides. They are approved for the treatment of internal contamination with plutonium, americium, and curium that may occur following unintentional exposure to these metals or following exposure resulting from a radiation dispersal device or “dirty bomb.” SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/12 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108423486 ER -