Krypton-81m ventilation scanning: acute respiratory disease

Journal Article · Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1981 · Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.136.2.309· OSTI ID:6604087

Lavender, J P ^[1]; Irving, H; Armstrong, II, J D

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1. Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England

From experience with 700 patients undergoing ventilation and perfusion lung scanning with krypton-81m/technetium-99m technique, 34 patients suffering from nonembolic acute respiratory disease were selected for review. In 16 patients with pneumonia, all had defects of ventilation corresponding to, or larger than, the radiologic consolidation. In 13 patients there was some preservation of perfusion in the consolidated region. In two of the three patients with matched defects, the pneumonia was of long standing. In seven patients with collapse or atelectasis and in 11 patients with acute reversible bronchial obstruction and normal volume lungs, a similar pattern or ventillation and perfusion was observed.

• OSTI ID: 6604087
• Journal Information: Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States), Vol. 136:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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