Contrast Media Safety Issues and ESUR Guidelines /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Thomsen, Henrik S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Σειρά: Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging,
• Θέματα: Pharmacy.; Medicine.; Radiology.; Cardiology.; Nephrology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.

 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 the annual symposia on urogenital radiology. This book represents the end result of this work. Each topic has been updated by individual members of the committee. The many different safety issues relating to the diverse contrast media: iodinated contrast media, barium contrast media, MR contrast media (both gadolinium-based extracellular and organ-specific) and ultrasound contrast media are comprehensively covered. The text includes chapters on the prevention and treatment of both acute and delayed non-renal adverse reactions as well as renal adverse reactions. Finally the official ESUR guidelines agreed upon by the whole committee are included. The book offers an invaluable, unique and unparalleled resource for safety issues related to contrast media. . 

 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.