title: Indium 111 leucocyte scintigraphy in abdominal sepsis. Do the results affect management?
abstract: We have studied the clinical utility of indium 111 autologous leucocyte scintigraphy retrospectively in 45 patients presenting with suspected intra-abdominal sepsis. The sensitivity was 95% (21/22) and the specificity was 91% (21/23). Some 34 of the studies (17 positive and 17 negative) were considered helpful in furthering patient management (76%) and 8, unhelpful (18%). In 3, the study results were misleading and led to inappropriate treatment. Indium 111 scintigraphy, whether positive or negative, provides information in patients with suspected intra-abdominal sepsis upon which therapeutic decisions can be based.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: McKillop
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Cuthbert
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Neilson
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006912:Hydroxyquinolines; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D007962:Leukocytes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D015125:Oxyquinoline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D006912:Hydroxyquinolines; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C032950:indium oxine; D015125:Oxyquinoline