Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: Current practice

Contrast-Induced Nephropathy Following CT Scan and Its Associated Factors

Background and purpose: Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) as a common complication of administration of contrast media (CM) is a major source of hospital morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of CIN after contrast-enhanced CT scan and identifying the related risk factors. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 100 patients att...

How to Prevent Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Clinical Practice

After the description of the Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (CIN), its epidemiology and its pathogenesis, the risk factors for the development of CIN are discussed in depth, the main ones being pre-existing renal impairment, particularly secondary to diabetic nephropathy, salt depletion and dehydration, congestive heart failure, age greater than 70 years and concurrent use of nephrotoxic drugs. T...

Contrast-induced nephropathy – a review of current literature and guidelines

The use of iodine-based contrast agents always entails the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN). The recently observed dramatic increase in the number of examinations and therapeutic procedures using iodine-based contrast media led us to conduct a thorough analysis of the growing number of scientific reports and collective works devoted to contrast-induced nephropathy, based on current de...

Are the current guidelines on contrast-induced nephropathy prevention superfluous?

Contrast-induced nephropathy.

Contrast-induced nephropathy is defined as a serum creatinine level that increases by at least 25% or is 44.2 μmol/L greater than baseline within three days of receiving contrast medium intravascularly in the ab sence of another cause. Contrastinduced nephropathy is usually selflimiting; at worst, it can make the patient permanently dependent on hemodialysis or can result in death. Main risk fa...