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syncope5 and suppuration in the groin after extra-vascular injection.6 The great danger, however, is that it is radioactive : ill results from this have been reported.9 Sodium iodide is likely to produce severe reactions and much pain, but it is still used for the aorta.10, 11 Organic iodides are the substances now usually employed. The most favoured is diodone (diodrast, Pyelosil). It is prepa...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1024-9079,2309-5407
DOI: 10.1177/1024907917742880