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Utility of Short-Acting Intravenous Insulin Therapy in Preparation of F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography Scan in Cancer Patients Incidentally Detected with High Blood Glucose Levels on the Day of Test
BACKGROUND: In diabetic (DM) patients, hyperglycemia degrades image quality in F-18 FDG PET CT by altering bio-distribution of FDG in the body and augmenting soft tissue and muscular uptake. We intend to evaluate the use of short acting I.V insulin in minimising the rescheduling of patients detected...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7182326/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32351264 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_151_19 |