The prevention of anaphylactoid reactions to iodinated radiological contrast media: A systematic review

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Delaney, Anthony ^a,b   Carter, Andrew ^c   Fisher, Malcolm ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CIMETIDINE; CLEMASTINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYZINE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; IONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOVERSOL; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; MEGLUMINE IOXAGLATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RENOGRAFFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BRONCHOSPASM; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; EMBASE; FACE EDEMA; FLUSHING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LARYNX EDEMA; LARYNX SPASM; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; PRURITUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK; SNEEZING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URTICARIA; VALIDATION STUDY; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

EID: 33744908868     PISSN: 14712342     EISSN: 14712342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-6-2     Document Type: Review

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