Is furosemide administration effective in improving the accuracy of determination of differential renal function by means of technetium-99m DMSA in patients with hydronephrosis

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1433-1437

  Kabasakal, Levent ^a   Turkmen, Cuneyt ^a   Ozmen, Ozlem ^a   Alan, Nalan ^a   Onsel, Cetin ^a   Uslu, Ilhami ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diuresis; DMSA; Renal function; Renography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SUCCIMER TC 99M; ETHYLENEDICYSTEINE TC 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIURESIS; DRUG EFFECT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBSTRUCTION; PELVIS; RENOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIURETICS; FEMALE; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID;

EID: 1842869210     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-002-0923-1     Document Type: Article

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