Diagnosis of orotracheal aspiration using radionuclide salivagram

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 415-416

  Akbunar, Ali Tayyar ^a   Kiristioglu, Irfan ^a   Alper, Eray ^a   Demiray, Hulya ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Milk scan; Pulmonary aspiration; Salivagram

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BARIUM MEAL; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX SCINTIGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MILK; OROTRACHEAL ASPIRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RADIONUCLIDE SALIVAGRAM; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SALIVA; SWALLOWING; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; VOMITING;

EID: 0041818298     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03006612     Document Type: Article

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