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Contrast Controversies: Contrast Media Reactions in Emergency Medicine

by Isaac Kim | Jul 2, 2026 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Quality Improvement, Radiology

Contrast media agents are among the most commonly administered pharmaceutical compounds worldwide, improving diagnostic accuracy across a wide range of imaging studies and enabling angiographic procedures. In Canada alone, an estimated 2.7 million contrast-enhanced...

Prophylactic hydration to protect renal function from intravascular iodinated contrast material in patients at high risk of contrast-induced nephropathy (AMACING): a prospective, randomised, phase 3, controlled, open-label, non-inferiority trial.

by EMOttawa | May 15, 2017 | Journal Club, landmark

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Nijssen EC, et al Lancet. 2017 Feb 20. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract Link This prospective, open-label, single centre, randomized trial of 660 patients found no hydration...

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Contrast Controversies: Contrast Media Reactions in Emergency Medicine

Prophylactic hydration to protect renal function from intravascular iodinated contrast material in patients at high risk of contrast-induced nephropathy (AMACING): a prospective, randomised, phase 3, controlled, open-label, non-inferiority trial.

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