Oral contrast media for body CT: Comparison of diatrizoate sodium and iohexol for patient acceptance and bowel opacification

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1137-1141

  McNamara, Michelle M ^a   Lockhart, Mark E ^a   Fineberg, Naomi S ^a   Berland, Lincoln L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Oral contrast medium; Patient acceptance

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE; IOHEXOL;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE PREFERENCE; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 78649689969     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3968     Document Type: Article

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