With the increasing application of medical imaging contrast materials, contrast-induced
nephropathy has become one of the leading causes of iatrogenic renal insufficiency. The …

Over the past 120 years, continuous developments in medical imaging has improved
diagnosis and treatment for many diseases and has thereby improved treatment outcome …

Intravenous iodinated contrast media are commonly used with CT to evaluate disease and
to determine treatment response. The risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) developing in patients …

Modern medicine cannot be imagined without the diagnostic capabilities of computed
tomography (CT). Although the past decade witnessed a tremendous increase in scan …

Objectives To investigate the effects of intravenous hydration in preventing post-contrast
outcomes in patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)< 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 …

Despite an abundance of fluid administration trials, it is difficult to make definitive
recommendations about preventive fluid administration strategies due to low scientific …

Objectives The aim of this study was to compare the image quality of low-kV protocols with
optimized automatic tube voltage selection (ATVS) settings to reduce either radiation dose …

additional treatment modalities such as pharmacotherapy might be beneficial. Obesity is a
chronic, progressive disease, which requires life-long treatment strategies including …

Objective Guidelines on safe use of iodinated contrast material recommend intravenous
prophylactic hydration to prevent post-contrast adverse (renal) effects. Recently, guidelines …

on data from patients at low risk, which might increase the possibility of scoring something
else entirely (ie, something other than the risk contrast may pose for renal function and other …