Lessons learned from 118,970 multidetector computed tomographic intravenous contrast material administrations: Impact of catheter dwell time and gauge, catheter location, rate of contrast material administration, and patient age and sex on volume of extravasate

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 286-288

  Moreno, Courtney Coursey ^a   Pinho, Daniella ^b   Nelson, Rendon C ^c   Sahani, Dushyant V ^b   Jenkins, Melissa ^c   Zabrycki, MaryAnne ^c   Chaudhry, Humaira ^d   Kang, Jian ^a   Chen, Zhengjia ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Contrast material; Extravasation

Indexed keywords

GAGES; LOCATION; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MATERIAL; DWELL TIME; EXTRAVASATION; HIGH-FLOW RATE; INTRAVENOUS CONTRAST; INTRAVENOUS CONTRAST MATERIALS; MULTI-DETECTORS; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENTS;

CATHETERS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; GAUGE; HAND; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; TIME;

EID: 84875461474     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31828211da     Document Type: Article

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