Management of the pediatric nuclear medicine patient (or children are not small adults)

Journal Article · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · J. Nucl. Med. Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5579096

Kieffer, C T ^[1]; Suto, P A

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1. Children's Hospital of Buffalo, NY

The first of a four-part continuing education series on pediatric nuclear medicine is presented. Included are: (1) clinical indications for performing nuclear medicine studies in children; (2) comparison of nuclear medicine procedures for adult and pedicatric patients; (3) appropriate radiopharmaceuticals for performing pediatric studies; (4) radiation protection techniques (5) the principles of pediatric radiopharmaceutical dose calculation and common calculation methods; (6) possible injection sites and administration methods (7) radiopharmaceutical clearance times and imaging times in adults and children; (8) the collimators of choice for most procedures performed in children; (9) certain behaviors exhibited by children according to their stage of emotional development and children's response to the hospital setting; and (10) patient immobilization techniques and advantages of physical restraint over sedation. (JMT)

• OSTI ID: 5579096
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Med. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Nucl. Med. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 11:1; ISSN JNMTB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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