Gadolinium use in spine procedures for patients with allergy to iodinated contrast - Experience of 127 procedures

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1194-1197

  Safriel, Yair ^a,b   Ali, M ^c   Hayt, M ^d   Ang, R ^a  

^a Center for Diagnostic Imaging   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Radnet Management   (United States)

^d Center for Diagnostic Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; GLIBENCLAMIDE PLUS METFORMIN; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METFORMIN; STEROID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IODINE;

ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONVULSION; DISKOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FLUOROSCOPY; FLUSHING; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LARYNX SPASM; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PARESTHESIA; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL PAIN; TACHYCARDIA; THORACIC SPINE; URTICARIA; VOMITING; BACKACHE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY;

BACK PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FLUOROSCOPY; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; IODINE; NEEDLES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; STEROIDS;

EID: 33747438900     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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