Does IV contrast cause kidney injury?
Is That a Thing?
English - September 20, 2021 03:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness emergency medicine critical care resuscitation trauma research clinical medicine Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Targeted temperature management for post-cardiac arrest patients in 2021
Next Episode: Contrast Chronicles Part II: IV Contrast Allergy
In this episode, we dissect the controversy surrounding contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) and modern IV contrast dye. Dr. Thomas Ulmer joins us to look at the science and history of IV contrast and CIN. Turn down your lights, get out your collection of vintage CT scout films, and listen in as we discuss whether it's safe to scan that suspected dissection with a creatinine of 5 or in Hugh's case that mild gastroenteritis with a GFR of 35.