PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jacobs, Martin P.
AU  - Tennenberg, Steven D.
AU  - Baughman, Robert P.
TI  - Radioaerosol Delivery and Clearance in Patients with Respiratory Failure
DP  - 1987 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 171--176
VI  - 15
IP  - 4
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/15/4/171.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/15/4/171.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1987 Dec 01; 15
AB  - A technique for radioaerosol delivery to patients requiring mechanical ventilation is described. Ventilation images and pulmonary radioaerosol clearance rates were successfully obtained in 35 patients regardless of ventilator type or level of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). Those patients with noncardiogenic pulmonary edema (NPE) had significantly increased clearance rates relative to those patients in whom NPE was not present.