Annals of nuclear medicine
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
Usefulness of technetium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime lung scan to detect inhalation lung injury of patients with pulmonary symptoms/signs but negative chest radiograph and pulmonary function test findings after a fire accident--a preliminary report.
In this study, we employed technetium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (99mTc HMPAO) lung scan to detect inhalation lung injury of patients after a fire accident. ⋯ We conclude that 99mTc HMPAO lung scan has the potential to be a sensitive, objective and noninvasive method to detect inhalation lung injury of patients with pulmonary symptoms/signs but negative CXR and PFT findings after a fire accident.