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  • Title: Indium 111 leucocyte scintigraphy in abdominal sepsis. Do the results affect management?
    Author: Baba AA, McKillop JH, Cuthbert GF, Neilson W, Gray HW, Anderson JR.
    Journal: Eur J Nucl Med; 1990; 16(4-6):307-9. PubMed ID: 2112472.
    Abstract:
    We have studied the clinical utility of indium 111 autologous leucocyte scintigraphy retrospectively in 45 patients presenting with suspected intra-abdominal sepsis. The sensitivity was 95% (21/22) and the specificity was 91% (21/23). Some 34 of the studies (17 positive and 17 negative) were considered helpful in furthering patient management (76%) and 8, unhelpful (18%). In 3, the study results were misleading and led to inappropriate treatment. Indium 111 scintigraphy, whether positive or negative, provides information in patients with suspected intra-abdominal sepsis upon which therapeutic decisions can be based.
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