Peripheral Intravenous Power Injection of Iodinated Contrast Media. The Impact of Temperature on Maximum Injection Pressures at Different Cannula Sizes

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1502-1508

  Schwab, Siegfried A ^a   Kuefner, Michael A ^a   Anders, Katharina ^a   Adamietz, Boris ^a   Heinrich, Marc C ^a   Baigger, Joao F ^a   Janka, Rolf ^a   Uder, Michael ^a   Kramer, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

injection pressure; intravenous cannula; Iodinated contrast media; power injection

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL;

ARTICLE; CANNULA; FLOW RATE; HEATING; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAXIMUM INJECTION PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CATHETERIZATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IOPAMIDOL; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70350464945     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.07.026     Document Type: Article

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