Is the use of intravenous contrast material truly safe in patients with impaired renal function?

Radiology

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 613-

  Cohen, Mervyn D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CREATININE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IODIXANOL; IODOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE;

DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; OSMOLARITY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 66149128459     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2511081609     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Nguyen SA, Suranyi P, Ravenel JG, et al. Iso-osmolality versus low-osmolality iodinated contrast medium at intravenous contrast-enhanced CT: effect on kidney function. Radiology 2008;248(1):97-105.