Nuclear Medicine
CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT
| Clinical Evaluation |
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| Ciliary Clearance |
| Type of Imaging |
| Scintigraphy |
| Grade of Recommendation |
| C/D (optional) |
| Level of Evidence |
| well-designed NM recommendations |
| Effective Dose |
| 4.9 µSv/MBq |
| Bibliographic Reference |
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Walker WT, Young A, Bennett M, Guy M, Carroll M, Fleming J, Conway J, Lucas JS. Pulmonary radioaerosol mucociliary clearance in primary ciliary dyskin...
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Walker WT, Young A, Bennett M, Guy M, Carroll M, Fleming J, Conway J, Lucas JS. Pulmonary radioaerosol mucociliary clearance in primary ciliary dyskinesia. Eur Respir J. 2014; https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00011814
Vali R, Ghandourah H, Charron M, Nezhad KV, Omarkhail Y, Khazaee A, Shammas A, Dell SD. Evaluation of the pulmonary radioaerosol mucociliary clearance scan as an adjunctive test for the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia in children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2019; https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.24509 Corcoran TE, Huber AS, Myerburg MM, Weiner DJ, Locke LW, Lacy RT, Weber L, Czachowski MR, Johnston DJ, Muthukrishnan A, Lennox AT, Pilewski JM. Multiprobe Nuclear Imaging of the Cystic Fibrosis Lung as a Biomarker of Therapeutic Effect. J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv. 2019; https://doi.org/10.1089/jamp.2018.1491 read less |
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