Contrast Media Safety Issues and ESUR Guidelines

In 1994 the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) set up a committee to consider the safety of contrast media used for diagnostic imaging. Subsequently the committee questioned members, reviewed the literature, proposed guidelines and discussed

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Diagnostic Imaging A. L. Baert M. Knauth

Contrast Media Safety Issues and ESUR Guidelines 2nd Revised Edition

H. S. Thomsen J. A.W. Webb Editors

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MEDICAL RADIOLOGY

Diagnostic Imaging Editors: A. L. Baert, Leuven M. Knauth, Göttingen

Henrik S. Thomsen · Judith A. W. Webb (Eds.)

Contrast Media Safety Issues and ESUR Guidelines 2nd Revised Edition With Contributions by P. Aspelin · M.-F. Bellin · G. Biondi-Zoccai · G. Heinz-Peer · J. Å. Jakobsen · M. Lotrionte S. K. Morcos · R. Oyen · J. M. Raine · F. Stacul · D. I. Stenver · H. S. Thomsen A. J. van der Molen · J. A. W. Webb Foreword by

A. L. Baert With 10 Figures, 5 in Color and 24 Tables

Henrik S. Thomsen, MD Professor of Radiology Consultant, Department of Diagnostic Radiology Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev Director, Department of Diagnostic Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences University of Copenhagen Herlev Ringvej 75 2730 Herlev Denmark

Judith A.W. Webb, MD, FRCP, FRCR Consultant (retired) Department of Radiology St. Bartholomew’s Hospital University of London West Smithfield London EC1A 7BE UK

Medical Radiology · Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology Series Editors: A. L. Baert · L. W. Brady · H.-P. Heilmann · M. Knauth · M. Molls · C. Nieder Continuation of Handbuch der medizinischen Radiologie Encyclopedia of Medical Radiology

ISBN: 978-3-540-72783-5

e-ISBN: 978-3-540-72784-2

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72784-2 Medical Radiology · Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology ISSN 0942-5373 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008934596 © 2006, 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: PublishingServices Teichmann, 69256 Mauer, Germany Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com

Foreword

Two years only after the publication of the first edition of “Contrast media – Safety issues and ESUR guidelines” in our book series Medical Radiology in 2006, it appeared that a second edition was urgently needed. The first edition was indeed an excepti