CE: Preventing Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury.
: Diagnostic radiographic imaging scans using intravascular iodinated contrast media can lead to various complications. The most salient of these is contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) or contrast-induced nephropathy, a potentially costly and serious patient safety concern. Prevention strategies are the cornerstone of evidence-based clinical management for patients receiving contrast agents. These include preprocedure screening, stratification of patients based on risk factors, and protective interventions, the most important of which is hydration both before and after the radiographic imaging scan. There is a gap, however, between best evidence and clinical practice in terms of exact hydration protocols. Nurses play an important role in nephropathy prevention and need to be familiar with CI-AKI as a potential complication of radiographic imaging scans. In order to ensure safe, high-quality care, nurses must be involved in efforts to prevent CI-AKI as well as interventions that minimize patients' risk of kidney injury.
Yvonne Gallegos is a vascular NP at the Veterans Administration Long Beach Healthcare System in Long Beach, CA. Asma Ali Taha is an associate professor in the School of Nursing at California State University in Fullerton and at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, CA. Dana N. Rutledge is a professor emeritus in the School of Nursing at California State University in Fullerton. Contact author: Yvonne Gallegos, yvonnegallegos@csu.fullerton.edu. The authors and planners have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003287:Contrast Media; D004496:Education, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors
D003287:Contrast Media