Contrast media for angiography: effect on renal function. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A total of 125 patients with severe peripheral vascular disease were examined with translumbar aortography. The mean dose of contrast medium injected was 65 ml of Angio Conray (containing 31.2 g of iodine). Forty patients were pretreated with mannitol, and 32 received furosemide. Thirty-eight patients (30%) had diabetes and, presumably, diabetic nephropathy. Eleven of them had significant azotemia (creatinine values greater than or equal to 4 mg/dl). Administration of contrast material did not significantly reduce renal function in any patient group. We conclude that acute renal failure following the injection of contrast material is uncommon, is reversible, and almost always occurs when avoidable complicating factors are present.

publication date

  • January 1, 1986

Research

keywords

  • Angiography
  • Iothalamic Acid
  • Kidney

Identity

PubMed ID

  • 3079623

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 158

issue

  • 1