MDCT pulmonary angiography is replacing the ventilation-perfusion lung scan to diagnose suspected pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients, say researchers from Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.

Extract: Serial studies of arterial and alveolar oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen tensions, arterial pH, and ratios of dead space: tidal volume were made in 24 nondistressed premature infants. By ...

Introduction and aims: BPD is the most common chronic lung disease in infancy causing substantional morbidity. It is currently graded at 36 weeks according to the need for supplemental oxygen and/or ...

A new study utilizing PREFUL MRI has identified significant lung abnormalities in children suffering from long Covid without using radiation or contrast dyes. The advanced scans revealed reduced blood ...

This article, the last in a five-part series on nuclear medicine imaging techniques, explains how ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy works and what precautions are required when it is used Nuclear ...

Pulmonary embolism is one of the leading causes of maternal death in the Western world. Because of the low specificity and sensitivity of the d-dimer test, all pregnant women with suspected pulmonary ...

US FDA assent for 4D Medical’s CT VQ ventilation perfusion device described by the company as a “transformational milestone”.

THE present study was undertaken to determine if the pattern of ventilation, by itself, may influence oxygenation during anesthesia and surgery. The hypothesis was examined that progressive pulmonary ...

Shares in 4D Medical have soared up to 33%, after the US FDA approved the company’s CT:VQ lung imaging test for ventilation perfusion. The news sent 4D shares soaring up to 40%. 4D Medical describes ...