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PARS-DMSA

This radiopharmaceutical kit after being labeled with Tc-99m, is used for static imaging of kidneys in the following cases:

• Assessing kidney function
• Diagnosis of pyelonephritis (kidney infection) and its effects on kidney tissue
• Investigation of the destructive effects of other diseases on kidneys
• ‌Closer examination when one of the kidneys is not clearly seen on ultrasound or it is seen smaller than normal one
• Assessing the function of the transplanted kidney
• Evaluation of kidneys in people with very high blood pressure and suspected cases of vasculitis (inflammation of the blood vessel wall)
• Examination of urinary tract infection in children

• Inject sterile ^99mTc (up to 40 mCi) aseptically into the vial in a volume of 2.5 mL
• Dissolve the lyophilized material by shaking the vial for 10 seconds
• Wait for 15 min at the room temperature
• Examine the radiochemical purity (RCP)
• Labelled preparation is to be used within 4 hours after labelling. Within this period the total RCP of ^99mTc-DMSA should be more than 90.0%.

•   Store the kit      2 – 8 °C and protect from light
•  Store the reconstituted kit      15 – 25 °C