title: Non-invasive diagnosis of tracheobronchomalacia using a modified ventilation radioisotope lung scan.
abstract: The use of radionuclide ventilation lung scan to characterise the physiological effects of tracheobronchomalacia is a novel application of this non-invasive technique. In the reported case the right upper lobe was found to be not ventilated below a pressure of 20 cm H2O despite evidence from a dynamic tracheobronchogram of the right upper lobe bronchus opening at the lower pressure of 15 cm H2O.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gour
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Petros
mesh_terms: D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007727:Krypton Radioisotopes; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D007727:Krypton Radioisotopes