Open AccessDetection of pulmonary calcification in haemodialised patients by whole-body scintigraphy and the impact of the calcification to parameters of spirometry
Author(s) -
Zvezdana Rajkovača,
Peđa Kovačević,
Biljana Jakovljević,
Želimir Erić
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bosnian journal of basic medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1840-4812
pISSN - 1512-8601
DOI - 10.17305/bjbms.2010.2676
Subject(s) - medicine , spirometry , scintigraphy , calcification , hemodialysis , pulmonary function testing , lung , restrictive lung disease , respiratory distress , gastroenterology , radiology , asthma
The early diagnosis of metastatic pulmonary calcification is beneficial, as some patients may develop restrictive changes in respiratory function or in some cases lethal acute respiratory distress. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether scanning with “mTc DPD might be useful in early diagnosis of pulmonary calcification in setting of chronic renal failure and hemodialysis and if presence of pulmonary calcification is associated with an abnormality in respiratory parameters. Forty-two patients with end-stage renal disease, who were treated by regular haemodialysis, were investigated. Twenty five (59.5%) out of forty two patients had increased lung uptake of 99mTc DPD at whole body scintigraphy-grade 2 group. These patients were on dialysis 149±26 months compared with 57±16 months in 17 patients with a normal lung uptake of 99mTc DPD at whole body scintigraphygrade 1 group (p 0.05). These observations confirm previous findings that scintigraphy with 99mTc DPD may be efficious in early diagnosis of pulmonary calcification in hemodialised patients as well as the fact that spirometry is useful in patients with confirmed pulmonary calcifications.