• Internal medicine journal · Nov 2020

    An audit of ventilation and perfusion SPECT reporting for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in a tertiary cardiothoracic centre.

    • Shanthi Kannan, David S Rose, Joseph C Lee, and Francis Y F Yeung.
    • Department of Medical Imaging, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
    • Intern Med J. 2020 Nov 1; 50 (11): 1419-1422.

    AbstractThe aim of the study was to identify reporting patterns of ventilation and perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (V/Q SPECT) scans done in our department over 3 months in 2016. Factors impacting on reporting and patient groups that would most benefit from the addition of low-dose computed tomography (CT) to V/Q SPECT were analysed. Among 178 patients, 173 (97.2%) had a definitive (positive/negative) report and 2.8% had an equivocal report. As the majority of the equivocal reports were seen in patients aged ≥70 years, we believe that addition of low-dose CT with V/Q SPECT to this patient group will reduce the non-diagnostic rate.© 2020 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

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