SNM practice guideline for lung scintigraphy 4.0

• Published in: Journal of nuclear medicine technology Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 57 - 65
• Main Authors: Parker, J Anthony, Coleman, R Edward, Grady, Erin, Royal, Henry D, Siegel, Barry A, Stabin, Michael G, Sostman, H Dirk, Hilson, Andrew J W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Society of Nuclear Medicine 01.03.2012
• Subjects: Aerosols; Breastfeeding & lactation; Cancer therapies; Communication; Documentation; Health Personnel; Hospitals; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Lung - diagnostic imaging; Medicine; Nuclear Medicine - instrumentation; Nuclear Medicine - methods; Nuclear Medicine - standards; Patient education; Physicians; Quality Control; Radionuclide Imaging - instrumentation; Radionuclide Imaging - methods; Radionuclide Imaging - standards; Research Design; Safety; Science; Societies, Scientific; Ventilation; United States > US
• ISSN: 0091-4916; 1535-5675
• DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.111.101386

The ultimate judgment regarding the propriety of any specific procedure or course of action must be made by the physician or medical physicist in light of all the circumstances presented. [...]there is no implication that an approach differing from the guidelines, standing alone, was below the standard of care. The variety and complexity of human conditions make it impossible to always reach the most appropriate diagnosis or to predict with certainty a particular response to treatment. [...]it should be recognized that adherence to these guidelines will not ensure an accurate diagnosis or a successful outcome. Kevin J. Donohoe, MD (Chair) (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA); Dominique Delbeke, MD (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN); Sue Abreu, MD (Sue Abreu Consulting, Nichols Hills, OK); Twyla Bartel, DO (UAMS, Little Rock, AR); Paul E. Christian, CNMT, BS, PET (Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT); S. James Cullom, PhD (Cardiovascular Imaging Technology, Kansas City, MO); Vasken Dilsizian, MD (University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD); Kent Friedman, MD (NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY); Jay A. Harolds, MD (OUHSC-Department of Radiological Science, Edmond, OK); Aaron Jessop, MD (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN); J. Anthony Parker, MD, PhD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA); Rebecca A. Sajdak, CNMT, FSNMTS (Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL); Heiko Schoder, MD (Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY); Barry L. Shulkin, MD, MBA (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN); Michael G. Stabin, PhD (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN); Mark Tulchinsky, MD (Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA); and Jerold W. Wallis, MD (Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO).