Comprehensive Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Competencies (MindTap Course List)
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Author:Wilburta Q. Lindh, Carol D. Tamparo, Barbara M. Dahl, Julie Morris, Cindy Correa
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Chapter39: Phlebotomy
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 39.2CS
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Transcribed Image Text:The patients described in the table below just checked in to the Alex Py Memorial Hospital & Regional Medical Center. Which are headed to the Department of
Nuclear Medicine for a radioimaging procedure? Which are headed to the same place for a brachytherapy procedure?
patient
Rachel is taking part in a research study aimed at understanding how the brain recovers from a stroke.
Today she is scheduled for a PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scan that will map out the blood flow
through her brain so it can be compared to the result of PET scans taken earlier in her recovery.
Keisha is being treated for cervical cancer. After surgery to remove the tumor, her oncologist
recommended the placement of radioactive iridium-192 wires near the tumor site to kill any remaining
cancer cells, for 15 minutes at time, 2 days a week, for 4 weeks. Today she arrives for her final treatment
session.
Pablo is being treated for early-stage prostate cancer. After surgery to remove the tumor, his oncologist
recommended implantation of 60 radioactive palladium-103 "seeds" near the tumor site to kill any
remaining cancer cells.
procedure
Obrachytherapy
O radioimaging
O neither
O brachytherapy
O radioimaging
O neither
O brachytherapy
O radioimaging
O neither
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