Should you remove ionic, high-osmolality contrast media from your department?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 172-173

  Bush, William H ^a   Albright, Douglas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Contrast media; Intrathecal injection

Indexed keywords

IONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IODINE DERIVATIVE;

AWARENESS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG LABELING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEGLIGENCE; NEUROTOXICITY; NOTE; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RESIDENT; RISK REDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OSMOLARITY; UNITED STATES;

CONTRAST MEDIA; IODINE COMPOUNDS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; WASHINGTON;

EID: 67650315424     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1855     Document Type: Note

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