Assessment Of Renal Scintigraphy, Indications And Results, Among Patients Referred For Renal Scintigraphy At Nuclear Medicine Unit, Instituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS-Fondazione G-Pascale.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jorge,Yohannes (Ass.Prof.) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Damtew,Emeshaw(M.Sc, PhD fellow) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Carideo,Luciano (MD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abrahim, Ziyad | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-28T09:50:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-28T09:50:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Renal scintigraphy is an imaging method that uses radiopharmaceuticals to evaluate renal anatomy, physiology, and pathology. It is performed by using a variety of methods, each providing a slightly different approach to assess renal function or anatomy. These methods includes functional imaging (visual assessment of perfusion and function) and Renography (TAC representative of function). Objective: The aim of this study was to assess renal scintigraphy, indications and result, among patients referred for renal scan at nuclear medicine unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS-fondazione G-Pascale from November 1, 2017 to October 31, 2022. Methods: Hospital based retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted to assess renal scintigraphy. All patients with full records of Renal scintigraphy at nuclear medicine unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS-fondazione G-Pascale from November,1 2017 - October,31 2022 were used in this study. After completion of data collection and processing, data was checked for completeness, clarity and consistency. The collected data was edited, coded by microsoft Excel and entered processed and analyzed with computer using SPSS version 26 software. Result: Out of 265 renal scintigraphy studies most of the scan 110 (41.5%) were indicated for evaluation of hydronephrosis and 91 (34.3%) were indicated for evaluation of patient with renal cancer. Among 110 patient in whom renal scintigraphy are indicated for evaluation of hydronephrosis 83 (39%) renal unit were normal, 53 (24%) showed functional obstruction, and 38 (17%) renal unit showed anatomical obstruction. The most common risk factor for renal disorder is renal cancer constituting 63 (23.8%) followed by renal cancer plus obesity in 34 (12.8%) of patient Conclusion: The most common indication of renal scintigraphy in the study area was for evaluation of patients with various degrees of hydronephrosis followed by renal carcinoma, renal functional status evaluation and raised creatinine. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/3708 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Renal scintigraphy | |
| dc.subject | indication | |
| dc.subject | result | |
| dc.subject | significance | |
| dc.title | Assessment Of Renal Scintigraphy, Indications And Results, Among Patients Referred For Renal Scintigraphy At Nuclear Medicine Unit, Instituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS-Fondazione G-Pascale. | |
| dc.type | Thesis |