Published January 1981
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Journal article
Detection of gastrointestinal blood loss with 99mTc-labeled, heat-treated red blood cells
Description
Studies in dogs showed that heat-treated 99mTc-labeled red blood cells (HT/RBC) afford a highly sensitive means of detecting gastrointetinal bleeding as low as 0.12 ml/min., which could not be seen with unheated 99mTc-RBC, 99mTc-sulfur colloid, or 99mTc-DTPA. In addition, as the right upper quadrant and epigastrium remained free of activity, only one fifth to one tenth of the dose of 99mTc was needed. The safety of HT/RBC in humans has been documented, and the experiments in dogs suggest that it may have advantages over other agents in detecting gastrointestinal bleeding
Additional details
Additional titles
- Augmented title (English)
- Dogs
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radiology
- Journal Volume
- 138
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Radiology.
- Journal Page Range
- 207-209
- ISSN
- 0033-8419
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 13665136
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIAGNOSIS; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMORRHAGE; HYPERTHERMIA; ISOMERIC NUCLEI; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; TECHNETIUM 99
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELLS; BODY FLUIDS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIOISOTOPES; SYMPTOMS; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES