Bronchiectasis: correlation of high-resolution CT findings with health-related quality of life.

Aim: To evaluate the relationship between the severity of bronchiectatic diseases, as evident on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and the patient's quality of life measured using the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ).

Methods And Materials: Forty-six patients (25 women, 21 men, mean age: 63 years) with bronchiectatic disease as evident on recent HRCT examinations were recruited. Each patient completed the SGRQ and underwent respiratory function tests.

Incremental diagnostic value of preoperative 99mTc-MIBI SPECT in patients with a parathyroid adenoma.

Unlabelled: The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of early parathyroid SPECT combined with quantitative analysis as compared with planar imaging in patients undergoing minimally invasive radioguided surgery.

Methods: A total of 52 consecutive patients with primary hyperparathyroidism underwent planar and SPECT parathyroid scintigraphy 2-5 d before surgery. Each patient had a single-tracer dual-phase technique using (99m)Tc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile ((99m)Tc-MIBI) and a double-tracer subtraction technique using a delayed (99m)Tc-pertechnetate scan.