Table 1 Overview of performed or not performed measures to prevent aBAT.

From: Prevention of activated brown adipose tissue on 18F-FDG-PET scans of young lymphoma patients: results of an ancillary study within the EuroNet-PHL-C2 trial

Preventive measure

Frequency

%

None

165

31.3

Warming (general policy*)

180

34.1

Warming (confirmed**)

63

11.9

Propranolol only (confirmed)

36

6.8

Propranolol (confirmed) and Warming (general policy)

54

10.2

Propranolol (confirmed) and Warming (confirmed)

30

5.7

Σ

528

100.0

  1. General policy (*) means that young patients who undergo 18F-FDG-PET scans are regularly warmed before radiotracer injection. Confirmed (**) means that warming and/or administration of propranolol prior to radiotracer injection was documented in the patient file.
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