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ArticleNuclear medicine and molecular imaging2021

Comparison between Tc-99 m DTPA and Tc-99 m MAG3 Renal Scintigraphy for Prediction of Early Adverse Outcome After Kidney Transplantation.

Daris Theerakulpisut, Bandit Thinkhamrop, Sirirat Anutrakulchai

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Article in Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Daris TheerakulpisutDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1338-511X
Bandit ThinkhamropDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6486-1948
Sirirat AnutrakulchaiDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1706-4863
Khon Kaen University · TH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeRenal scintigraphy (RS) with either technetium-99 m diethylene-triamine-pentaacetate (Tc-99 m DTPA) or technetium-99 m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (Tc-99 m MAG3) has both been used to evaluate early allograft function after kidney transplantation (KT). This study was done to compare the predictive performance of RS using these two radiopharmaceuticals for prediction of outcomes during first 3 months of KT.

methodsThis retrospective study included patients who received KT then underwent both Tc-99 m DTPA and Tc-99 m MAG3 RS, successively. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to determine the predictiveness of RS parameters on early clinical adverse outcomes of either (1) graft-related death, (2) need for graft resection, (3) delayed graft function requiring temporary dialysis, or (4) a serum creatinine level of ≥ 2.0 mg/dL at three months post-KT, as well as to predict biopsy-confirmed acute tubular necrosis and acute rejection.

resultsOf 187 patients included, 77 (41.2%) had at least one early adverse clinical outcome. Tc-99 m MAG3 RS was more predictive than Tc-99 m DTPA RS, in terms of AUC

conclusionThree parameters which, when obtained from Tc-99 m MAG3 RS, had superior predictiveness compared with Tc-99 m DTPA RS, including time to peak, 20-min to peak ratio, and 20-min to 3-min ratio.

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Graft complicationGraft outcomeRadionuclide imagingRenal scintigraphyRenal transplantation

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