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Contrast media in patients with kidney disease: An update

Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd, Jonathan J. Taliercio, DO and Georges Nakhoul, MD, MEd
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 683-694; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20015

ABSTRACT

Concern for contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) or nephrogenic systemic fibrosis may lead to withholding important studies from patients with kidney disease. However, the actual risk or even the existence of these conditions has recently been called into question. The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.

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  • The authors report no relevant financial relationships which, in the context of their contributions, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest.

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  1. Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd⇑
  1. Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic; Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  1. Address:
    Ali Mehdi, MD, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Q7, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; mehdia{at}ccf.org
  1. Jonathan J. Taliercio, DO
  1. Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic West Dialysis Unit, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic; Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  1. Georges Nakhoul, MD, MEd
  1. Director, Center for Chronic Kidney Disease, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic; Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

ABSTRACT

Concern for contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) or nephrogenic systemic fibrosis may lead to withholding important studies from patients with kidney disease. However, the actual risk or even the existence of these conditions has recently been called into question. The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.

Footnotes

  • The authors report no relevant financial relationships which, in the context of their contributions, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest.

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