July 6, 2012 — An emergency department (ED) strategy that eliminates the routine use of oral contrast for abdominal-pelvic (AP) computed tomography (CT) for undifferentiated abdominal pain can ...

Use of CT scans in hospital emergency rooms has risen 16% a year since 1995, raising questions about unnecessary radiation exposure and how healthcare costs can be contained against such fervent ...

The primary outcome of the study was the development of AKI in patients exposed to contrast CT. The secondary outcomes included the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) and all-cause mortally.

such as CT and angiography, are susceptible to similar reactions from commonly used MRI contrast agents, according to a large, eight-year study. The study also found that premedication or ...

In their prospective study, described in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging, the University of Zurich researchers aimed to develop and evaluate a low-volume contrast media protocol for ...

Basharat and team’s retrospective study compared adult patients who received CT ... contrast media agent iohexol 350 (Omnipaque) that had either been warmed to body temperature or maintained at ...

Nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) are more likely to use contrast media for ordered computed tomography (CT) examinations, according to a study published online Dec. 12 in the Journal of the ...

Intravenous contrast ... CT, 8.9 percent for patients receiving unenhanced CT and 8.1 percent for patients not receiving CT at all. "While a well-controlled randomized prospective study is ...

These dyes increase the contrast level and resolution of the final images produced with the CT scan for a more exact ... The technician will leave the room before operating the scanner and may ...

Study: Large-scale pancreatic cancer detection via non-contrast CT and deep learning. Image Credit: mi_viri/Shutterstock.com Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is the most malignant form of solid ...