Risk of post-contrast acute kidney injury in emergency department patients with sepsis.

CONCLUSIONS: Intravenous contrast administration during CT scanning was not associated with prolonged length of hospital stay in patients with sepsis in an emergency setting; moreover, the use of contrast-enhanced CT was not associated with increased risks of acute kidney injury, emergent dialysis, or short-term mortality.
PMID: 31796644 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Hong Kong Med J - December 3, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hsu YC, Su HY, Sun CK, Liang CY, Chen TB, Hsu CW Tags: Hong Kong Med J Source Type: research