The effect of abolishing instructions to fast prior to contrast-enhanced CT on the incidence of acute adverse reactions.
Yoshito TsushimaYuko SekiTakahito NakajimaHiromi HirasawaAyako Taketomi-TakahashiShogo TanTakayuki SutoPublished in: Insights into imaging (2020)
Abolishing instructions to fast decreased the incidence of nausea, but did not affect the incidence of vomiting. No cases of aspiration pneumonia attributable to vomiting were found. Our study confirmed that fasting is not required prior to contrast-enhanced CT.
Keyphrases
- positron emission tomography
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance imaging
- dual energy
- risk factors
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- diffusion weighted imaging
- magnetic resonance
- respiratory failure
- liver failure
- blood glucose
- type diabetes
- blood pressure
- drug induced
- ultrasound guided
- skeletal muscle
- hepatitis b virus
- electronic health record
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