Abstract
This exploratory-descriptive, non-experimental quantitative research aimed to learn about immediate adverse reactions to intravenous iodinated contrast media in hospitalized patients submitted to computed tomography at a teaching hospital in the South of Brazil. During the study period, all adverse reactions showed mild intensity, at a frequency of 12.5% with ionic iodinated contrast media, and 1% with non-ionic contrast agent. The extravasation of contrast occurred in 2.2% of the injections in a peripheral vein without complications in any of the cases. The results are within the limits cited in international literature and suggest that tomography service professionals should know their own rates of adverse reactions to iodinated contrast agent, as well as the conditions in which they occur, in order to obtain evidence to evaluate the respective care delivery processes.
Highlights
Adverse reactions to iodinated contrast medium happen relatively frequently in daily work at imaging units, and their occurrence can range from light forms to life-threatening events
This research aimed to find out about immediate adverse reactions presented by hospitalized patients submitted to computed tomography (CT) with intravenous iodinated contrast, at a teaching hospital in the South of Brazil
Result differences were significant for ionic iodinated contrast usage only; it should be highlighted that those researchers do not distinguish between light and moderate reactions, grouping them in one single category of adverse reactions
Summary
Rev Latino-am Enfermagem 2007 janeiro-fevereiro; 15(1):[78-83] www.eerp.usp.br/rlae. IMMEDIATE ADVERSE REACTIONS TO INTRAVENOUS IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIA IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY1. Immediate adverse reactions to intravenous iodinated contrast media in computed tomography. This exploratory-descriptive, non-experimental quantitative research aimed to learn about immediate adverse reactions to intravenous iodinated contrast media in hospitalized patients submitted to computed tomography at a teaching hospital in the South of Brazil. REACCIONES ADVERSAS INMEDIATAS AL CONTRASTE YODADO INTRAVENOSO EN TOMOGRAFÍA COMPUTARIZADA. El objetivo consistía en conocer las reacciones adversas inmediatas al contraste yodado intravenoso en pacientes internados, sometidos a tomografía computarizada en un hospital escuela del sur de Brasil. Exploratório-descritiva, de caráter não experimental, com o objetivo de conhecer as reações adversas imediatas ao contraste iodado intravenoso em pacientes hospitalizados, submetidos a tomografia computadorizada num hospital-escola no Sul do Brasil. Disponible en castellano/Disponível em língua portuguesa SciELO Brasil www.scielo.br/rlae
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