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Gammagrafía pulmonar de ventilación/perfusión - Results

Nombres alternativos

Gammagrafía V/P; Gammagrafía de ventilación y perfusión; Gammagrafía de perfusión y ventilación de los pulmones

Valores normales:

El médico debe tomar una gammagrafía de ventilación y perfusión y luego evaluarla con una radiografía del tórax. Todas las partes de ambos pulmones deben absorber el radioisótopo de manera uniforme.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Si los pulmones captan cantidades del radioisótopo inferiores a lo normal durante una gammagrafía de ventilación o perfusión, puede deberse a:

Obstrucción de las vías respiratorias
Enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC)
Neumonía
Estrechamiento de la arteria pulmonar
Neumonitis
Émbolo pulmonar
Reducción de la capacidad de respiración y ventilación

Inyección de albúmina

Reviewed last on: 9/15/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Tapson VF. Pulmonary embolism. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 99.

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