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Evaluation of Gastro-Pulmonary Aspiration by a Radioactive Technique: Concise Communication

The University of Colorado, the Rose Memorial Medical Center, the National Jewish Medical Center, and the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Denver, Colorado

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Stanley B. Reich, Dept. of Radiology, Rose Memorial Medical Ctr, 1050 Clermont St., Denver, CO 80220.

ABSTRACT

Seven selected patients were given 3–5 mCi of Tc-99m sulfur colloid orally at bedtime and the lungs were imaged in the morning. Two showed definite evidence of aspiration and one suggestive evidence. This is a simple, non-invasive method of demonstrating pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents.