Contrast media reactions.
I odinaced contrast media have been an important part of diagnostic radiology for more than 50 years. They are commonly used for imaging in excretion urography of the kidney and for vascular angiography of the myocardium, brain, spinal cord and kidney. Contrast media are classified as ionic or non-ionic. Chemically, conventional ionic media are salts and will create solutions of very high osmolality. Ionic media in iodine concentrations have osmolalities in the range five to seven times greater than the osmolality of blood.
Pharmacist at King's Healthcare, London.
Ian Tritschler
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