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ʻO Xenon-Xe-129 hyperpolarized he mea kiʻi kiʻi kūikawā āu e hanu ai i loko i ka wā o kekahi mau scans māmā. ʻAʻole kēia he lāʻau maʻamau āu e lawe ai ma ka home - he mea lapaʻau kiʻekiʻe i hoʻohana ʻia i nā halemai e hana i nā kiʻi kikoʻī loa o kou mau māmā a me ke ʻano o kā lākou hana.
E noʻonoʻo iā ia ma ke ʻano he ala loea loa no nā kauka e ʻike i loko o kou mau māmā i ka wā e hana ana lākou. ʻO ka ʻāpana
ʻO nā maʻi nui e hōʻike ana i kēia kiʻi ʻana i ke kōkua nui, ʻo ia ka maʻi pale hanu mau (COPD), ka hānō, a me ka pulmonary embolism (nā koko koko i loko o nā māmā). Hiki nō i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku iā ʻoe inā he pōkole hanu ʻaʻole i wehewehe ʻia a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole i hāʻawi nā hoʻokolohua māmā ʻē aʻe i nā pane maopopo.
Ma waho aʻe o nā maʻi māmā maʻamau, hiki i kēia kiʻi ʻana ke ʻike i nā maʻi laha ʻole e like me ka pulmonary hypertension, kahi e piʻi ai ke kaomi o nā kīʻaha koko i loko o kou māmā. Hiki nō ke kōkua i ka loiloi ʻana i nā mea i loaʻa i ka transplant māmā e ʻike i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o nā māmā hou.
I kekahi manawa hoʻohana nā kauka iā ia e loiloi i ka pōʻino o ka māmā mai nā kumu like ʻole, me ka radiation therapy, kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau, a i ʻole nā ʻike kaiapuni. Hiki i ka scan ke hōʻike i nā wahi kahi e loaʻa ʻole ai i kou māmā ke kahe ea kūpono a i ʻole ke kahe koko, ʻoiai ke ʻano maʻamau nā hoʻokolohua ʻē aʻe.
Hana kēia mea kiʻi ma ka hoʻopiha ʻana i kou māmā me ke kinoea e hana ana e like me ka mea ʻokoʻa no nā scans MRI. Ke hanu ʻoe i ka xenon hyperpolarized, hele ia ma kou mau ala ea a i loko o nā ʻeke ea liʻiliʻi kahi e hoʻololi ai ka oxygen me kou koko.
ʻO nā waiwai magnetic kūikawā o ka xenon e hana i nā hōʻailona mālamalama ma ka scan MRI, e hoʻomālamalama ana i kou māmā mai loko mai. Hāʻawi kēia i nā kauka e ʻike ʻaʻole wale i ke ʻano o kou māmā, akā pehea ka maikaʻi o ka neʻe ʻana o ka ea ma nā wahi like ʻole.
Hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka xenon i loko o kou kahe koko a me nā ʻiʻo māmā, e hana ana i nā kiʻi hou e hōʻike ana i ke kahe koko a me ka hoʻololi kinoea. ʻO kēia hiki ke kiʻi pālua ʻo ia hoʻi hiki i nā kauka ke ʻike i nā ala ea a me nā kīʻaha koko i loko o kou māmā i ka manawa like.
Manaʻo ʻia ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa he akahai loa i kou kino. ʻAʻole hana ka xenon i nā hopena kemika a ʻaʻole hoʻopilikia i kāu mau hiʻohiʻona hanu maʻamau. Hoʻopau maoli kou kino i ke kinoea ma kou māmā i loko o nā minuke o ka scan.
ʻAʻole ʻoe e "lawe" i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano kuʻuna - akā, e hanu ʻoe i loko i ka wā o kāu scan MRI ma lalo o ka mālama olakino. Hana ʻia ke kaʻina hana holoʻokoʻa i loko o ka hale kiʻi me nā ʻenehana i aʻo ʻia e alakaʻi iā ʻoe ma kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu.
Ma mua o kāu scan, pono ʻoe e wehe i nā mea metala a pau a hoʻololi i ka ʻaʻahu haukapila. E wehewehe ka ʻenehana i nā ʻōlelo aʻo hanu a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke ʻano hanu ma mua. E moe ʻoe ma luna o ka papa MRI, a e waiho ʻia kahi mea hanu ma kahi kokoke i kou waha.
I ka wā o ke kiʻi maoli, e noi ʻia ʻoe e hanu hohonu i ke kinoea xenon hyperpolarized a paʻa no kahi o 10-15 kekona i ka wā e kiʻi ai ka MRI i nā kiʻi. Hiki ke hana hou ʻia kēia kaʻina hana i nā manawa he nui e hopu i nā manaʻo like ʻole o kou mau māmā.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻokē ʻai ma mua o ke kaʻina hana, a hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maʻamau ma mua. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e pale i ka caffeine no kekahi mau hola ma mua o kāu scan, no ka mea hiki iā ia ke hoʻopilikia i kāu mau ʻano hanu a me ka puʻuwai i ka wā o ke kiʻi.
ʻAʻole kēia he lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe ai i ka manawa - hoʻohana ʻia ia i ka wā o kāu manawa scan MRI. ʻO ka manawa imaging holoʻokoʻa e mau ana ma kahi o 30-60 mau minuke, ʻoiai e hanu wale ʻoe i ka xenon hyperpolarized no nā manawa pōkole i ka wā o ka scanning maoli.
E hanu ʻoe i ke kinoea no kekahi mau kekona i ka manawa, maʻamau 3-5 hanu kaʻawale i loko o ke kau scanning. Ma waena o kēlā me kēia hanu, e hanu maʻamau ʻoe i ka wā e hoʻomākaukau ai ka ʻenehana no ke kaʻina kiʻi aʻe.
Hoʻomaʻemaʻe ka xenon mai kou mau māmā ma ke ʻano maoli i loko o nā minuke ma hope o kēlā me kēia hanu. I ka manawa e haʻalele ai ʻoe i ka hale, ua hoʻopau ʻia ke kinoea a pau mai kou kino ma o ka hanu maʻamau.
Inā pono kāu kauka i nā kiʻi hou, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻi mai no nā scans hou i nā pule a i ʻole nā mahina ma hope, ma muli o kou kūlana a me ka pane ʻana i ka lāʻau.
ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka hanu ʻana i ka xenon hyperpolarized i ka wā o kā lākou scan. He inert ke kinoea, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole ia e hana me nā ʻiʻo o kou kino a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia i nā hana maʻamau o ke kino.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke manaʻo i ka māmā a i ʻole ka ʻūlū ma hope koke o ka paʻa ʻana i ko lākou hanu, akā pili pinepine kēia i ka paʻa ʻana o ka hanu ma mua o ke kinoea xenon. Hoʻoponopono maʻamau kēia mau manaʻo i loko o kekona o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hanu maʻamau.
I nā manawa kakaʻikahi, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i ka nausea māmā a i ʻole ka ʻono ʻē i ko lākou waha i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana. He manawa pōkole kēia mau hopena a maʻamau e mae koke i ka pau ʻana o ka scan.
I nā hihia kakaʻikahi loa, hiki i ka poʻe me ka maʻi māmā koʻikoʻi ke ʻike i ka pōkole o ka hanu a i ʻole ka ʻū ʻana i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana. Ua aʻo ʻia ka hui lapaʻau e nānā ana i kāu scan e ʻike a mālama koke i kēia mau kūlana.
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia nā hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi i ka xenon no ka mea he kinoea hanohano ia ʻaʻole ia e hoʻoulu i nā pane immune. Eia naʻe, inā he moʻolelo kou o nā hopena koʻikoʻi i nā kinoea lapaʻau ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā mea ʻokoʻa, e hōʻoia e haʻi i kāu hui lapaʻau ma mua.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hele palekana i kēia kaʻina hana kiʻi, akā aia kekahi mau kūlana kahi e koho ai kāu kauka i nā ʻano kiʻi ʻē aʻe. Hiki i ka poʻe me ka claustrophobia koʻikoʻi ke ʻike i ke kaiapuni MRI he mea paʻakikī, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ka hanu maoli ʻana o ka xenon ka pilikia.
Inā he mau mea kanu metala kāu e like me nā mea hana pacemakers, nā mea kanu cochlear, a i ʻole kekahi ʻano o nā kiʻi aneurysm, ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e hiki ke loaʻa i kahi scan MRI. E nānā kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino a me nā mea i kanu ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke kaʻina hana.
ʻO nā wahine hāpai e pale maʻamau i kēia kiʻi ʻana ke ʻole pono loa, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka xenon e hoʻoulu ai i nā kīnā hānau. ʻO ka mālama ʻana e pili ana i ka kaupalena ʻana i nā kaʻina hana olakino pono ʻole i ka wā hāpai.
ʻO ka poʻe me ka maʻi hanu nui e koi ana i ke kākoʻo oxygen mau ʻaʻole paha he moho no kēia kiʻi ʻana. Pono ke kaʻina hana iā ʻoe e paʻa i kou hanu no ka manawa pōkole, ʻaʻole paha e hiki ke hiki inā he pilikia hanu nui kāu.
Inā he mau maʻi puʻuwai koʻikoʻi kāu e hoʻoweliweli ai i ka paʻa ʻana o ka hanu, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā ala kiʻi ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, nui ka poʻe me nā maʻi puʻuwai hiki ke palekana i kēia kaʻina hana me ka nānā pono.
I kēia manawa, loaʻa ka xenon-129 hyperpolarized ma o nā kikowaena lapaʻau kūikawā a me nā ʻoihana noiʻi ma mua o kahi huahana kalepa i hoʻolaha nui ʻia. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā keʻena e hāʻawi ana i kēia kiʻi ʻana e hana i ke kinoea hyperpolarized ma ka pūnaewele me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hana kūikawā.
He mea hou ka ʻenehana, no laila ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i kēia kiʻi ʻana ma kēlā me kēia haukapila a i ʻole ke kikowaena kiʻi. ʻO nā kikowaena lapaʻau kula nui a me nā keʻena kiʻi pulmonary kūikawā e hāʻawi nui i kēia mea hana diagnostic holomua.
I ka wā e laha ai ka ʻenehana, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā hoʻomākaukau kalepa maʻamau, akā i kēia manawa, hana kēlā me kēia keʻena i kā lākou xenon hyperpolarized ponoʻī e like me nā kūlana maikaʻi.
He nui nā ʻano hana kiʻi ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka hana o ka māmā, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hāʻawi kekahi i ka ʻike kikoʻī e like me ka hyperpolarized xenon MRI. Hiki i nā scans CT kuʻuna ke hōʻike i ke ʻano o ka māmā akā ʻaʻole e hōʻike i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o kou māmā.
Hoʻohana nā scans ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) i nā mea huli radioactive e hōʻike i ke kahe o ka ea a me ke kahe o ke koko i loko o kou māmā. ʻOiai hāʻawi kēia mau scans i ka ʻike hana, pili lākou i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation a ʻaʻole hāʻawi i ka pae kikoʻī e like me ka hyperpolarized xenon imaging.
Ana nā hoʻokolohua hana pulmonary i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o kou māmā ma ka hanu ʻana i loko o nā mea hana kūikawā. Hāʻawi kēia mau hoʻokolohua i ka ʻike waiwai e pili ana i ka hiki o ka māmā a me ke kahe o ka ea akā ʻaʻole e hōʻike i nā wahi pilikia kikoʻī i loko o kou māmā.
Hana like ka hyperpolarized helium-3 imaging me xenon-129 akā hoʻohana i ke kinoea ʻokoʻa. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi o ka helium-3 a paʻakikī ke loaʻa, e lilo ana ka xenon-129 i koho kūpono no ka hapa nui o nā kikowaena lapaʻau.
Hiki i nā scans CT kiʻekiʻe me ka ʻokoʻa ke hōʻike i nā ʻano māmā kikoʻī a me kekahi ʻike kahe koko, akā pili lākou i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation a ʻaʻole hāʻawi i ka ʻike hana manawa maoli e hāʻawi ai ka hyperpolarized gas imaging.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka hyperpolarized xenon MRI a me nā scans CT kuʻuna i nā kumu like ʻole, no laila ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana iā lākou. Maikaʻi nā scans CT i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā ʻano māmā kikoʻī, ka ʻike ʻana i nā puʻupuʻu, a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā anomalies structural e like me ka emphysema a i ʻole ka ʻōpala.
Hāʻawi ʻo Xenon MRI i ka ʻike kūʻokoʻa e pili ana i ka hana o ka māmā ʻaʻole hiki i nā scans CT ke hōʻike. Hōʻike ia i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o nā ʻāpana like ʻole o kou māmā a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kinoea, hiki ke koʻikoʻi no ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi mau maʻi.
He wikiwiki nā scans CT, loaʻa ākea, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā kūlana pilikia e pono ai ka ʻike wikiwiki. ʻO lākou nō hoʻi ke kūlana gula no ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka māmā, ka pneumonia, a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe.
Hōʻike maikaʻi ka xenon imaging i ka wā e pono ai nā kauka e hoʻomaopopo i nā pilikia hana i kou mau māmā. Hiki iā ia ke ʻike i nā wahi kahi e hana pono ʻole ai kou mau māmā ʻoiai ke nānā maʻamau lākou ma nā scans CT.
No nā maʻi māmā he nui, pono paha ʻoe i nā ʻano imaging ʻelua e kiʻi i ke kiʻi piha. E koho kāu kauka i ke ala imaging maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona kikoʻī a me ka ʻike e pono ai lākou e hana i kahi hōʻailona pololei.
ʻAe, hiki i ka poʻe me ka asthma ke hana maʻamau i ka hyperpolarized xenon imaging me ka palekana. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia kēia imaging e loiloi i ka asthma a hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka maʻi e pili ana i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o kou mau māmā.
ʻAʻole hoʻoulu ka xenon gas i nā hōʻeha asthma no ka mea he chemically inert a ʻaʻole ia e hoʻonāukiuki i nā ala ea. Eia naʻe, inā he asthma koʻikoʻi, paʻa ʻole, makemake paha kāu kauka e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi o kāu maʻi ma mua o ke kaʻina hana.
Pono ʻoe e lawe i kāu inhaler hoʻopakele i ka manawa a haʻi i ka hui lapaʻau e pili ana i kāu asthma ma mua. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā pono iā ʻoe a mākaukau e mālama i nā pilikia hanu e kū mai ana.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hana ʻia kēia kūlana no ka mea e lawelawe ʻia ka xenon i nā mea i mālama pono ʻia i ka wā o kāu scan MRI. Mālama ka hui lapaʻau i nā ʻano āpau o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kinoea, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe nui.
ʻOiai inā e hanu ʻoe i ka xenon i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, ʻaʻole ʻona ke kinoea a e hoʻopau ʻia mai kou kino ma o ka hanu maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau minuke. ʻAʻole e hōʻiliʻili ka Xenon i loko o kou mau ʻiʻo a i ʻole e hana i ka ʻona.
Inā ʻoluʻolu ʻole ʻoe i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana, e hoʻomaopopo koke i ka mea loea. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻōki i ka scan a ʻae iā ʻoe e hanu maʻamau a hiki i kou manaʻo ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
Mai hopohopo inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke paʻa i kou hanu no ka manawa i ʻōlelo ʻia i ka wā o kāu scan. Hoʻomaopopo ka hui lapaʻau i ka pilikia o kekahi poʻe i ka paʻa ʻana i ka hanu, ʻo ia hoʻi ka poʻe me nā maʻi māmā.
E hoʻomaopopo i ka mea loea e pili ana i nā pilikia hanu ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka scan. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono i ka protocol imaging e hana me kou hiki ke hanu a hiki ke hoʻohana i nā manawa paʻa hanu pōkole.
Inā pono ʻoe e hanu i ka wā o ke kaʻina scan, e hanu wale nō. Hiki i ka mea loea ke hana hou i kēlā kiʻi i ka wā e mākaukau ai ʻoe, a hiki ke hoʻomau ʻia ke kaʻina hana i kāu wikiwiki.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i nā hana maʻamau a pau ma hope koke o kāu scan MRI xenon hyperpolarized. ʻAʻohe palena i ka hoʻokele, ka hana, ka hoʻoikaika kino, a i ʻole nā hana ʻē aʻe ma hope o ke kaʻina hana.
Hoʻomaʻemaʻe ke kinoea xenon mai kāu ʻōnaehana i loko o kekahi mau minuke o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka scan, no laila ʻaʻohe hopena e hoʻopilikia i kāu hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe i kekahi e hoʻokele iā ʻoe i ka home ke ʻole ʻoe i nā maʻi ʻē aʻe e koi ai i ke kōkua.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi ʻano ʻoluʻolu i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana, pono e hoʻoponopono loa i loko o kekahi mau minuke o ka pau ʻana o ka scan. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e manaʻo maʻamau i ka wā e ala ai lākou mai ka papa MRI.
He mau lā ʻoihana 1-3 ka lōʻihi o ka hana ʻana a me ka unuhi ʻana i nā hopena o kāu scan e ka radiologist. Pono nā kiʻi mai ka hyperpolarized xenon MRI i ka loea kūikawā e heluhelu pono, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o nā scans maʻamau.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike aku kāu kauka iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā hopena e kūkākūkā i nā mea i loaʻa a me nā hana e hiki mai ana i kāu mālama. Hāʻawi kekahi mau kikowaena lapaʻau i nā puka pūnaewele kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke komo i kāu mau hopena ke mākaukau lākou.
Inā ua kauoha ʻia kāu scan no nā kumu lapaʻau wikiwiki, hiki i ka radiologist ke hāʻawi i nā hopena mua i ka wikiwiki. Eia naʻe, hana ʻia ka hapa nui o nā scans xenon MRI no nā kumu diagnostic ma mua o nā kūlana pilikia.
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