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Blood, infection and inflammation

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Essentials of Nuclear Medicine

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The principal indications for labelling red cells with a radioactive tracer are to:

  • measure the volume of erythrocytes in the circulation

  • measure their life span

  • image their distribution in order to detect sequestration or extravasation (page 189)

  • measure cardiac output and other parameters of ventricular function (page 134)

  • calculate blood flow (page 230).

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  1. Edinburgh and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, UK

    Dr Malcolm V. Merrick MA, BM, BCh(Oxon), MSc(London), FRCP(Edinburgh), FRCR, DMRD (Consultant in Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Head of Nuclear Medicine, Senior Lecturer in Medicine)

  2. Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK

    Dr Malcolm V. Merrick MA, BM, BCh(Oxon), MSc(London), FRCP(Edinburgh), FRCR, DMRD (Consultant in Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Head of Nuclear Medicine, Senior Lecturer in Medicine)

  3. University of Edinburgh, UK

    Dr Malcolm V. Merrick MA, BM, BCh(Oxon), MSc(London), FRCP(Edinburgh), FRCR, DMRD (Consultant in Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Head of Nuclear Medicine, Senior Lecturer in Medicine)

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Merrick, M.V. (1998). Blood, infection and inflammation. In: Essentials of Nuclear Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0907-5_8

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