Diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG-PET in abdominal sepsis in rats.
Ítalo Medeiros AzevedoRobson de MacedoKeyla Borges Ferreira RochaCláudia Nunes de OliveiraAldo da Cunha MedeirosPublished in: Acta cirurgica brasileira (2020)
The diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG-PET in rats with abdominal sepsis was significantly high. It was also demonstrated the predictive ability of the abdomen/liver SUV ratio to diagnose abdominal sepsis. These findings may have implications for the clinical setting, locating septic foci with PETscan.