A simple radio-isotopic method for the detection of bronchial inhalation during intensive care

The high incidence of pneumopathy in intensive care units might be due to the pulmonary aspiration of gastric juice following gastro-oesophageal reflux. The paper describes a radio-isotopic method using material easy to install at the patient's bedside. This technique demonstrated aspiration of...

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Published in:European Journal of Nuclear Medicine 1984-08, Vol.9 (8), p.343-344
Main Authors: VENOT, J, VEYRIRAS, E, VANDROUX, J. C, BOURNAUD, E, GASTINNE, H, BECK, C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Emergency and intensive respiratory care
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Intensive Care Units
Intubation, Gastrointestinal
Medical sciences
Pneumonia, Aspiration - diagnostic imaging
Radionuclide Imaging
Rhenium
Technetium
Technetium Compounds
Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
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Summary:The high incidence of pneumopathy in intensive care units might be due to the pulmonary aspiration of gastric juice following gastro-oesophageal reflux. The paper describes a radio-isotopic method using material easy to install at the patient's bedside. This technique demonstrated aspiration of gastric juice in the lungs of 8 of 25 intensive care patients investigated. Such a method might be useful later to demonstrate that silent bronchial aspirations of gastric juice are responsible for pulmonary complications.
ISSN:0340-6997
1619-7089
DOI:10.1007/BF00252866