title: [Evaluation of the respiratory function by lung scintigraphy in patients candidates for pulmonary resection].
abstract: Sixty-one patients undergoing pulmonary resection were studied pre- and post-operatively by spirometry, arterial gas determination, and quantitative ventilation/perfusion lung scanning. Our results showed that ventilation and/or perfusional scintigraphic scanning is currently the most reliable method in identifying patients at risk for postoperative respiratory insufficiency. Specifically, this technique was successful in detecting pulmonary areas other than those to be resected presenting ventilation or perfusional abnormalities. Therefore, the technique is particularly useful in predicting residual pulmonary function.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Volpino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galati
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fiori
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baccarini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boccuzzi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cangemi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012307:Risk Factors