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ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΥΓΕΙΑΣ CATALOGUE OF SERVICES NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENT LIMASSOL GENERAL HOSPITAL Nuclear Medicine Dept., Limassol General Hospital Address: Nikea, Pano Polemidia, 3304 Limassol, Cyprus Phone:+357 25801592 Fax:+357 25801617 e-mail:[email protected] e-mail:[email protected] Τμήμα Π.Ι. CATALOGUE OF SERVICES Γ.Ν.Λ/σου Revision: Oct 2018 Date: Oct 2015 Author: Demetriadou MD-09_E 1. NMD, LGH NMD, LGH is a Nuclear Medicine department in Limassol General Hospital that was opened in January 2006. NMD, LGH offers the latest in nuclear medicine technology to diagnose disease earlier and more accurately. A skilled team of Nuclear Medicine professionals uses the appropriate material to help identify abnormalities very early in the progression of disease, allowing for a better prognosis. Nuclear medicine is a specialized area of medicine, which uses small amounts of radioactive materials to examine organ function and structure. Nuclear medicine procedures are painless and do not require anaesthesia. Patients are given a radioactive substance called a radioisotope either orally or by injection. The absorption process lasts anywhere from two to four hours. The level of radiation in the medication is very low and not harmful to the patient, the amount used is comparable to that received during an X-ray. Depending on the type of scan, the patient is scanned immediately or once the medication is fully absorbed. Nearly 30 nuclear medicine imaging procedures are used to diagnose a variety of ailments including thyroid, kidney and heart function, and measure the effectiveness of PTCA or bypass surgery, extent of tumours, etc. Children often undergo nuclear medicine procedures to evaluate bone pain, injuries, infection, kidney and bladder function. NMD, LGH covers the whole spectrum of medical diagnostic and investigational use of "unsealed" radio nuclides, plus their therapeutic applications on outpatients. NMD, LGH is committed to it’s a safe practice and high quality service. The mean Nuclear Medicine therapies developed are: Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) Therapeutic radiopharmaceutical The department has 140 m2 to develop Nuclear Medicine activities Reception and administrative tasks Diagnostic imaging department Offices The Nuclear Medicine department is delivered by a multidisciplinary health care team. This comprises 1 nuclear medicine physician, ½ hospital physicists, 3 nuclear medicine technologists, one receptionist and occasionally another staff. All have a role to play in the delivery of a quality service within the NMD, LGH. 2. SERVICES A/A Code Examinations / Therapy 1. PG-03_XX DMSA SCAN 2. PG-04_XX WHOLE BODY BONE SCAN 3. PG-04_XX 3PHASE BONE SCAN 4. PG-04_XX 3PHASE/ WB BONE SCAN 5. PG-05_XX DTPA RENOGRAM 6. PG-05_XX DTPA RENOGRAM WITH LASIX 7. PG-05_XX DTPA RENOGRAM / POST CAPTOPRIL 8. PG-05_XX EC RENOGRAM 9. PG-05_XX EC RENOGRAM WITH LASIX 10. PG-06_XX LUNG VENTILATION / PERFUSION SCAN 11. PG-07_XX DIRECT RADIONUCLIDE CYSTOGRAPHY 12. PG-08_XX 13. PG-09_XX INDIRECT RADIONUCLIDE CYSTOGRAPHY LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY / SENTINEL NODE LOCALIZATION 14. PG-10_XX IN -111 OCTREOSCAN SCAN 15. PG-11_XX GALLIUM-67 CITRATE SCAN (NOT AVAILABLE IN YEARS 2014-17) 16. PG-12_XX PARATHYROID ADENOMAS SCAN 17. PG-13_XX PERTECHNETATE THYROID SCAN 18. PG-13_XX 19. PG-14_XX GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING 20. PG-15_XX MAMMOSCINTIGRAPHY 21. PG-16_XX MECKEL SCAN 22. PG-17_XX IDA SCAN (HEPATOBILIARY) 23. PG-18_XX MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING THYROID UPTAKE Tc99m PERTECHNETATE (MYOVIEW MPI) 24. PG-19_XX MUGA SCAN 25. PG-20_XX IODINE 131 WB SCAN A/A Code Examinations / Therapy 26. PG-21_XX I131 MIBG SCAN 27. PG-22_XX LIVER HAEMANGIOMA 28. PG-23_XX 29. PG-01T_XX THYROID CA TREATMENT 30. PG-01T_XX THYROTOXICOSIS TREATMENT BONE INFECTION IMAGING (LEUCOSCAN)