Ventilation Scintigraphy with Submicronic Radioaerosol as an Adjunct in the Diagnosis of
Congenital Lobar Emphysema Page 1 he assessmentof regional lung function in infants is …

Twenty children with respiratory disease ingested 500 muCi of Tc-99m sulfur colloid orally,
and scintigrams of the thorax were obtained to determine whether pulmonary aspiration of …

DELINEATION of the physiological changes in chronic pediatric pulmonary diseases
continues to evade pediatricians and pulmonary physiologists, largely because present …

METHODS Following intravenous administration of 20 mCi of 133Xedissolved in saline, an
image was obtained during breathholding using the Anger camera. The patient was allowed …

MATERIALSAND METhODS Twenty-seven patients were studied, 14 males and 13 fe
males. They ranged in age from 1 mo to 15 yr (mean 5.6 yr). Twenty-one suffered from …

[en] The results of ventilation scans obtained using a small disposable submicronic aerosol
generator system are described. Submicronic 99mTc-S-colloid aerosol distributes in the …

Krypton 81m ventilation and technetium 99m perfusion lung scans in anterior, posterior and
oblique views in 86 children (age range 14 days to 15 years) with various paediatric …

• Radioaerosol lung scintigraphy was performed in five infants in whom obstructive airway
complications developed following assisted ventilation. These studies suggest that a primary …

METHOD The system(Fig. 1) consists of a Bind@ micronebulizer through which a stream of
air is passed at the rate of 14 liten/min to a 5-liter reser voir bag. Sterile ll: m@ Ifl@ eluted …

Functional images of ventilation can be obtained following inhalation of small radioactive
aerosols. To this end, a method has recently been proposed for removing the larger droplets …