Follow Up for Emergency Department Patients After Intravenous Contrast and Risk of Nephropathy

Follow Up for Emergency Department Patients After Intravenous Contrast and Risk of Nephropathy

Introduction: Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), defined as an increase in serum creatinine (SCr) greater than 25% or ≥0.5 mg/dL within 3 days of intravenous (IV) contrast administration in the absence of an alternative cause, is the third most common cause of new acute renal failure in hospitalize...

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Main Authors: Getaw Worku Hassen, Albert Hwang, Lydia Liyun Liu, Felicia Mualim, Toshiro Sembo, Ting Jia Tu, Daniel Hsiang Wei, Paul Johnston, Ana Costea, Carlos Meletiche, Shakeel Usmani, Andre Barber, Rajnish Jaiswal, Hossein Kalantari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2014-05-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
emergency department
medicine
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/50w1s1jm

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