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ReviewAnnals of occupational and environmental medicine2022

Technetium-99m hand perfusion scintigraphy (Raynaud's scan) as a method of verification in hand arm vibration syndrome: a review.

Taewoong Ha, Hyeoncheol Oh, Jungwon Kim

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Review in Annals of occupational and environmental medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Taewoong HaDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Busan, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4680-3290
Hyeoncheol OhDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Busan, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2360-2787
Jungwon KimDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Busan, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3836-8890
Kosin University Gospel Hospital · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is important to assess the blood flow of fingers in the verification of hand-arm vibration syndrome. In the Republic of Korea, most assessments of the blood flow in the fingers are performed using a cold provocation test with finger skin color change. However, this test is a non-objective method with a relatively low sensitivity, leading to possible social and legal problems. Thus, we reviewed the characteristics of several tests that assess the blood flow in the fingers. Among these tests, using the radioactive isotope method, Raynaud's scan has a relatively higher sensitivity and specificity than other tests, provides objective results, and is approachable in many hospitals. So we suggest using Raynaud's scan as an alternative test when cold provocation test with finger skin color change is negative in vibration exposed worker.

Indexed as

Cold temperatureHand-arm vibration syndromeRadionuclide imagingRaynaud disease

Identifiers

PMID36452251
PMCPMC9685291
OpenAlexW4310602215

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