ReviewSeminars in nuclear medicine2022
Safe Pulmonary Scintigraphy in the Era of COVID-19.
Review in Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- AI screening of nuclear medicine safety breaches: patterns, causes, and opportunities for improved protocols: a systematic review.Annals of nuclear medicine · 2026Pooled it
- SPECT/CT Scan Images to Evaluate COVID-19 Pulmonary Complications: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- How necessary it is to perform a ventilation scan in patients with a history of COVID-19 to rule out pulmonary thromboembolism?Asia Oceania journal of nuclear medicine & biology · 2025Article
- The Clinical Utility of Molecular Imaging in COVID-19: An Update.Seminars in nuclear medicine · 2023Review
- [Assessment of pulmonary embolism related to active SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women.]Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular · 2022Article
- Letter from the Editors.Seminars in nuclear medicine · 2022Article
- The diagnostic accuracy of perfusion-only scan in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in the era of COVID-19: A single-center study of 434 patients.Annals of thoracic medicineArticle
- Assessment of pulmonary embolism related to active SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women.Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecularArticle
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Abstract
One of the major effects of the COVID-19 pandemic within nuclear medicine was to halt performance of lung ventilation studies, due to concern regarding spread of contaminated secretions into the ambient air. A number of variant protocols for performing lung scintigraphy emerged in the medical literature which minimized or eliminated the ventilation component, due to the persistent need to provide this critical diagnostic service without compromising the safety of staff and patients. We have summarized and reviewed these protocols, many of which are based on concepts developed earlier in the history of lung scintigraphy. It is possible that some of these interim remedies may gain traction and earn a more permanent place in the ongoing practice of nuclear medicine.
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