Contrast Media Safety Issues and ESUR Guidelines / edited by Henrik S. Thomsen.

In 1994 the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) set up a committee to consider the safety of the contrast media used for diagnostic imaging. Since then, the committee has questioned members, reviewed the literature, proposed guidelines, and discussed these proposals with participants at...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Thomsen, Henrik S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Diagnostic Imaging
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Table of Contents:
  • Classification and Terminology
  • Off-Label Use of Medicines — Legal Aspects
  • Prevention of Acute Reactions
  • Management of Acute Adverse Reactions to Contrast Media
  • Late Adverse Reactions to Intravascular Iodinated Contrast Media
  • Reducing the Risk of Contrast Medium Induced Nephropathy
  • Dialysis and Contrast Media
  • Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes and Contrast Media
  • Iodinated and Gadolinium Contrast Media During Pregnancy and Lactation
  • Effects on the Blood and Endothelium
  • Effect of Iodinated Contrast Media on Thyroid Function
  • Pulmonary Effects of Radiographic Contrast Media
  • Phaeochromocytoma
  • Contrast Media: Interactions with Other Drugs and Clinical Tests
  • Contrast Medium Extravasation Injury
  • Non-tissue Specific Extracellular MR Contrast Media
  • Gadolinium Contrast Media for Radiographic Examinations
  • Safety of MR Liver Specific Contrast Media
  • Safety of Ultrasound Contrast Agents
  • Barium Preparations: Safety Issues.