The value of a preoperative ventilation-perfusion scan in patient selection for pneumonectomy
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
The value of a preoperative ventilation-perfusion scan in patient selection for pneumonectomy.
Guidelines regarding operability of patients with lung cancer are well established. The measured and predicted pulmonary function provides a practical guide to the safety of lobectomy or pneumonectomy. We describe a patient who had an unexplained precipitous fall in preoperative FEV(1) that would have precluded a required pneumonectomy but for an urgent ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scan. This ca...
متن کاملthe test for adverse selection in life insurance market: the case of mellat insurance company
انتخاب نامساعد یکی از مشکلات اساسی در صنعت بیمه است. که ابتدا در سال 1960، توسط روتشیلد واستیگلیتز مورد بحث ومطالعه قرار گرفت ازآن موقع تاکنون بسیاری از پژوهشگران مدل های مختلفی را برای تجزیه و تحلیل تقاضا برای صنعت بیمه عمر که تماما ناشی از عدم قطعیت در این صنعت میباشد انجام داده اند .وهدف از آن پیدا کردن شرایطی است که تحت آن شرایط انتخاب یا کنار گذاشتن یک بیمه گزار به نفع و یا زیان شرکت بیمه ...
15 صفحه اولSpurious lung perfusion ventilation defect on planar ventilation-perfusion scan detected by SPECT imaging
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality which needs prompt recognition. Ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scan is a well-established diagnostic test for evaluation of suspected PE. We report a 32-year-old woman with history of rheumatologic disease and acute dyspnea, who was referred for V/Q scintigraphy. The planar images revealed multiple mismatched defects through...
متن کاملVentilation studies and the perfusion lung scan.
hypothyroidism is increased dietary iodine is certainly weakened by the observation that radioresistance was not found in carbimazoleor perchlorate-treated patients. As we stated in the article and as Dr. Wiener has emphasized, the only evidence for iodine as a cause of increased hypothyroidism depends on phar macologie doses. In a manner similar to this last statement, the only obvious differe...
متن کاملstudy of cohesive devices in the textbook of english for the students of apsychology by rastegarpour
this study investigates the cohesive devices used in the textbook of english for the students of psychology. the research questions and hypotheses in the present study are based on what frequency and distribution of grammatical and lexical cohesive devices are. then, to answer the questions all grammatical and lexical cohesive devices in reading comprehension passages from 6 units of 21units th...
ذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1569-9293
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.154765