Mom Dies 90 Minutes After Being Injected with Dye for CT Scan
A mom went into anaphylactic shock from the contrast dye used in her CT scan, causing her to die within 90 minutes of its ...
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Pheochromocytoma: contrast CT safe
it is safe to give intravenous CT contrast ... will allow clinicians to feel more comfortable ordering a contrast-enhanced CT scan for their pheochromocytoma patients,” concludes Baid.
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Computed tomography (CT) - what patients need to know
CT scans of internal organs, bone ... A CT examination may sometimes involve the injection of an intravenous contrast agent. Imaging can be performed at multiple time points before and after the ...
Physician's Weekly4d
Risk of Post-CT Acute Kidney Injury in Varying Kidney Function Levels
The following is a summary of “Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury After Exposure to Intravenous Contrast in Emergency ...
Medscape1mon
Is Contrast Needed for CT in the Diagnosis of Appendicitis?
The reasons for this are varied: desire to make prompt diagnosis by imaging rather than observing in today's busy ED, wide-spread 24/7 availability of CT, desire to reduce negative appendectomy ...
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CT scan and MRI introduced
Hounsfield called this technology a CT (computerized tomography) scan, also called a CAT scan (computerized axial tomography). It was especially useful for looking at head injuries and brain ...