Contrast Management

Quality Improvement
Incorporating the DyeVert System Into Focused Protocols: A Hard Stop for Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
09/05/2019
At North Mississippi Medical Center, we use 1.5x GFR to determine the maximum contrast threshold.
At North Mississippi Medical Center, we use 1.5x GFR to determine the maximum contrast threshold.
At North Mississippi Medical...
09/05/2019
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
How Low Can We Go? Use of Ultra-Low Contrast Volume in Patients Undergoing PCI
07/31/2019
We should try to reduce contrast media in all patients and especially in those patients with impaired renal function, diabetes, or congestive heart failure.
We should try to reduce contrast media in all patients and especially in those patients with impaired renal function, diabetes, or congestive heart failure.
We should try to reduce contrast...
07/31/2019
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Update
AKI Awareness: Variation in Contrast Usage Across ACC-NCDR CathPCI Operators
09/06/2017
The more contrast you use, the greater the risk of AKI. We have actually applied our findings at Barnes Jewish Hospital (BJH), where we predict in advance how much contrast a patient can safely tolerate
The more contrast you use, the greater the risk of AKI. We have actually applied our findings at Barnes Jewish Hospital (BJH), where we predict in advance how much contrast a patient can safely tolerate
The more contrast you use, the...
09/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Review
Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: What Do We Know? A Literature Analysis
06/07/2017
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN)/acute kidney injury (AKI) is the third leading cause of hospital-acquired acute renal failure. As diagnostic imaging increases in interventional procedures such as coronary and peripheral angiography, along...
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN)/acute kidney injury (AKI) is the third leading cause of hospital-acquired acute renal failure. As diagnostic imaging increases in interventional procedures such as coronary and peripheral angiography, along...
Contrast-induced nephropathy...
06/07/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Septal Sobriety: Aborted Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Diffuse Coronary-Cameral Fistulae
03/03/2016
The extravasation of echocontrast into this patient’s ventricles after selective engagement of the septal perforators was indicative of severe, diffuse coronary-cameral fistulae.
The extravasation of echocontrast into this patient’s ventricles after selective engagement of the septal perforators was indicative of severe, diffuse coronary-cameral fistulae.
The extravasation of...
03/03/2016
Cath Lab Digest

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