CHICAGO — Shanghai, China has entered a sixth week of paralyzing COVID lockdowns— with no end in sight. The ripple effect is being felt across the healthcare system in the U.S. Much-needed intravenous ...

Dutch researchers are calling into question one of the cornerstone practices of cath labs and radiation suites around the globe: prophylactic hydration to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy. In a ...

WASHINGTON -- Intravenous contrast media (typically iohexol or iodixanol) used in computed tomography (CT) does not appear to be associated with chronic kidney disease, dialysis, kidney transplant or ...

GILBERT, Ariz. - Hospitals all over the country are rationing CT scans and delaying procedures due to a shortage of contrast dye. This began after a plant in Shanghai was put into COVID-19 lockdown, ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Contrast-enhanced CT angiography (CTA) reduced acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with suspected coronary artery disease, researchers reported here. In a cohort of patients with ...

Erin Dwyer has been doing a lot of waiting. After a sonogram in December, she found out that she has a growth on her right kidney and had to wait months to see a specialist. Now she’s waiting for a CT ...

The goal of this retrospective study from the Mayo Clinic was to compare the risk for dialysis and mortality within 30 days after exposure to intravenous iso-osmolar iodinated contrast material ...