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Acute renal failure caused by low-osmolar radiographic contrast media in patients with diabetic nephropathy
B Spångberg-Viklund1, T Nikonoff, M Lundberg
1Department of Nephrology and Radiology, University Hospital, Sweden.
Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Four patients reacting with acute renal failure despite using low osmolar contrast media are reported. They all had diabetic nephropathy and renal insufficiency. A retrospective study of 75 consecutive patients examined with angiography showed that 13% had both of these two risk factors.