TECHNETIUM TC99M PYROPHOSPHATE (Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc99m Pyrophosphate) Nursing Considerations

What is the generic name?

TECHNETIUM TC99M PYROPHOSPHATE

What is the Trade Name for TECHNETIUM TC99M PYROPHOSPHATE?

Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc99m Pyrophosphate

What are the Indications for TECHNETIUM TC99M PYROPHOSPHATE?

• INDICATIONS AND USAGE Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate Injection is a bone imaging agent used to demonstrate areas of altered osteogenesis, and a cardiac imaging agent used as an adjunct in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate Injection is a blood pool imaging agent which may be used for gated blood pool imaging and for the detection of sites of gastrointestinal bleeding. When reconstituted with sterile non-pyrogenic isotonic saline and administered intravenously 30 minutes prior to the intravenous administration of Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m Injection, approximately 76% of the injected radioactivity remains in the blood pool.

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