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Pneumocystis pneumonia increases the clearance rate of inhaled /sup 99m/Tc DTPA from lung to blood

Journal Article · · Chest; (United States)
OSTI ID:6378192
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Despite no radiographic change, a patient with Pneumocystis pneumonia showed increased clearance of inhaled /sup 99m/Tc DTPA from lung to blood. Gas transfer for carbon monoxide was also reduced, but improved with treatment. This was paralleled by serial increase in the t1/2 LB.

Research Organization:
Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire, England
OSTI ID:
6378192
Journal Information:
Chest; (United States), Journal Name: Chest; (United States) Vol. 4; ISSN CHETB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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550901* -- Pathology-- Tracer Techniques
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
AMINO ACIDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL HALF-LIFE
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BODY FLUIDS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHELATING AGENTS
CLEARANCE
DISEASES
DRUGS
DTPA
EXCRETION
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LUNG CLEARANCE
MATERIALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PATIENTS
PNEUMONIA
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOPROTECTIVE SUBSTANCES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES