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Contrast Media and Interactions with Other Drugs and Clinical Tests

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Contrast Media

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

Abstract

Water soluble contrast media may interfere with the pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamics of other drugs, as well as with some biochemical assays and with isotope imaging. These topics are reviewed in this chapter, with the aim of raising the awareness of both radiologists and clinicians to the possibility of these problems.

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  1. Diagnostic Imaging, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S36 2TS, UK

    Sameh K. Morcos

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  1. Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark

    Henrik S. Thomsen

  2. Diagnostic Radiology Dept., St. Bartholomews Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Judith A. W. Webb

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Morcos, S.K. (2014). Contrast Media and Interactions with Other Drugs and Clinical Tests. In: Thomsen, H., Webb, J. (eds) Contrast Media. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2013_889

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