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Management of acute adverse reactions to contrast media

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When anaphylactoid and other severe adverse reactions to contrast media occur, prompt recognition and immediate treatment are essential. Simple guidelines for treatment have been requested by many radiologists, and therefore the Contrast Media Safety Committee has produced guidelines for treatment of acute adverse reactions to contrast media. The committee made an extensive review of the literature on treatment of adverse reactions to contrast media. Based on this, a report and guidelines were prepared. The resulting report was discussed at the 10th European Symposium on Urogenital Radiology in Uppsala. Sweden, September 2003. Guidelines for treatment of acute adverse reactions and a list of first-line drugs and equipment that should be available in the room where contrast medium is given are provided.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology 54E2, Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev, Herlev Ringvej 75, 2730, Herlev, Denmark

    Henrik S. Thomsen

  2. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield, S5 7AU, UK

    Sameh K. Morcos

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The members of the Contrast Media Safety Committee of ESUR are H.S. Thomsen (Chairman, Denmark), S.K. Morcos (Secretary, United Kingdom), T. Almén (Sweden), P. Aspelin (Sweden), M.F. Bellin (France), H. Flaten (Amersham Health, Norway), J.Å. Jakobsen (Norway), G.P. Krestin (The Netherlands), A. Löwe (Schering, Germany), R. Oyen (Belgium), F. Stacul (Italy) and J.A.W. Webb (UK).

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Thomsen, H.S., Morcos, S.K. & Members of Contrast Media Safety Committee of European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR). Management of acute adverse reactions to contrast media. Eur Radiol 14, 476–481 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-003-2214-z

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