The use of the diagnostic radionuclide ascites scan to facilitate treatment decisions for hepatic hydrothorax

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-18

  Schuster, David M ^a   Mukundan, Srinivasan ^a,b   Small, William ^a   Fajman, William A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Hepatic Hydrothorax; Radionuclide

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SCINTISCANNING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ASCITES; DECISION MAKING; DIAPHRAGM; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031891015     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199801000-00006     Document Type: Article

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