Immediate adverse reactions to intravenous iodinated contrast media in computed tomography

Authors

  • Beatriz Cavalcanti Juchem Porto Alegre Hospital de Clínicas; Radiology Unit
  • Clarice Maria Dall'Agnol Rio Grande do Sul University; College of Nursing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000100012

Keywords:

contrast media^i1^sadverse effe, extravasation of diagnostic and therapeutic materials/nursing, tomography spiral computed, drug monitoring

Abstract

This exploratory-descriptive, non-experimental quantitative research aimed to learn about immediate adverse reactions to intravenous iodinated contrast media in hospitalized patients submitted to computed tomography at a teaching hospital in the South of Brazil. During the study period, all adverse reactions showed mild intensity, at a frequency of 12.5% with ionic iodinated contrast media, and 1% with non-ionic contrast agent. The extravasation of contrast occurred in 2.2% of the injections in a peripheral vein without complications in any of the cases. The results are within the limits cited in international literature and suggest that tomography service professionals should know their own rates of adverse reactions to iodinated contrast agent, as well as the conditions in which they occur, in order to obtain evidence to evaluate the respective care delivery processes.

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Published

2007-02-01

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2007)

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Original Articles

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How to Cite

Immediate adverse reactions to intravenous iodinated contrast media in computed tomography. (2007). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 15(1), 78-83. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000100012