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Selective use of low osmolality contrast agents: cost and benefits
1Veterans Administration Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Tucson, Arizona 85723.
Radiologic Technology
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
Recently introduced low osmolality contrasts produce less pain on injection and decrease other adverse side effects of angiography; however, converting completely to these agents is prohibitively expensive. Reserving low osmolality contrasts for high risk patients can provide a marked reduction in the increased cost associated with low osmolality contrasts, while at the same time reducing overall adverse side effects.