Accounting for radioactivity before and after nebulization of tobramycin to insure accuracy of quantification of lung deposition

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 169-178

  Coates, A L ^a   Dinh, L ^b   MacNeish, C F ^b   Rollin, T ^b   Gagnon, S ^b   Ho, S L ^a   Lands, L C ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Fonds de la Recherche en Sante du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Gamma camera scintigraphy; Inhaled antibiotics; Tobramycin

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE; TOBRAMYCIN SULFATE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG; NEBULIZATION; NEBULIZER; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

EID: 0033744238     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jam.2000.13.169     Document Type: Article

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