Once we arrived, Morgan had already met with the physician’s assistant, reviewed his food allergies, and explained that he has had adverse reactions to pain meds (vomiting) when she offered him some pain relief. The PA ordered a blood draw, an IV saline drip, and a CT scan of his abd...
We report two cases with a history of severe allergy to iodinated contrast agent who underwent coronary angiography with gadolinium. The procedures were well tolerated, the amount of contrast media did not exceed 0.3-0.4 ml/kg and the images obtained were of acceptable quality for diagnostic ...
In the absence of systemic disease, findings of hemosiderin-laden macrophages in bronchoscopic lavage or gastric aspirate/sputum along with chronic pulmonary symptoms lead to a diagnosis of IPH. Lung biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosis. HRCT scan is useful for early detection of pulmonary ...
Radiocontrast agents are a type of medical contrast medium used to improve the visibility of internal bodily structures in X-ray based imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) and radiography. They analyzed the adverse reactions to metrizamide, iohexol, ioversol, iopamadol and concluded...
(anterior/posterior nasal drip), facial pain/pressure and/or reduction or loss of smell and either endoscopic signs of disease or relevant CT scan changes. Confirmation of sinus disease using an objective measure is required because the symptoms can be nonspecific and mimicked by several disease ...
In elderly patients with asthma, diagnostic means therefore should include questions on nasal and sinus symptoms, and a nasal endoscopy and evtl. a CT scan in case of such symptoms. It is advisable to integrate the ENT specialist in the management, once CRS cannot be excluded by the complete...
A 54-year-old woman with a history of venous thromboembolism treated with warfarin for 9 months was referred to our hospital because of exacerbating oedema and dyspnoea. A CT scan showed residual thrombus in the sub-segmental pulmonary arteries (PAs). Cine MRI demonstrated deteriorated right ...
A contrast-enhanced helical CT scan, performed to eliminate an , showed a ruptured left coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, confirmed at surgery. This case highlights the fact that helical CT, in patients with s...
Method: A retrospective observational study of patients undergoing com- puted tomography (CT) scan with low-osmolar ICM in a tertiary aca-demic medical centre was performed. Data comprising patients ' demographics, co-morbidities, type of contrast, pre-medication, type and severity...
criteria for ABPA/M to describe any- one with airway disease, evidence of allergy to thermotoler- ant fungi (as defined by a positive serum sIgE or SPT) and lung damage (fixed airflow obstruction, tree in bud shadow- ing on CT scan, bronchiectasis of any description, or lung fi- bro...