Contrast Media
Safety Issues and ESUR Guidelines
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Beschreibung
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 these proposals with participants at the annual symposia of the society. The end result of this work was the successful first edition of this book, published in 2006. This second edition not only updates the previous edition, but also contains some completely new chapters, for example on gadolinium-based contrast agents, meta-analyses in contrast media research and various regulatory issues.
Comprehensive consideration is given to the many different safety issues relating to iodinated, MR, ultrasound and barium contrast media. The text includes chapters on both acute and delayed non-renal adverse reactions and on renal adverse reactions. All those questions frequently raised in radiological practice are addressed, and the well-known ESUR guidelines on contrast media are included. This book, presented in a handy, easy to use format, provides an invaluable, unique and unparalleled source of information on the safety issues relating to contrast media.
This revised edition of Contrast Media: Safety Issues and Guidelines, updates the successful first edition and contains new chapters. It provides an invaluable, unique and unparalleled source of information on the safety issues relating to contrast media.
Two years only after the publication of the ? rst 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 ? rst edition was indeed an exceptional success with our readership and sold out rapidly, but moreover the safety of MR contrast media urgently required a reappraisal after the publication of a new and dramatic adverse reaction to some of the gadolini- based agents: the so called NSF syndrome. I am very much indebted to Professor Henrik S. Thomsen and his academic colleagues from the ESUR Contrast Medium Safety Committee for accepting the task to prepare a second edition of their remarkable book.Within a record short period of time they have been able to complete this fully revised new volume. It offers to the readers a comprehensive overview of all problems related to the use of contrast media in modern radiology and of our latest knowledge and insights in the mechanisms of adverse reactions related to contrast media. It answers all questions that radiologists and referring physicians are confronted with in their daily practice when they consider the administration of these agents to their patients.
Updates the first edition and includes completely new chapters
Represents a unique and unparalleled source of information on the many different safety issues relating to the diverse contrast media
Includes chapters on acute and delayed non-renal adverse reactions and on renal adverse reactions
Includes the ESUR guidelines on contrast media
Presented in a handy, easy to use format
Autor*in
Henrik S. Thomsen
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From the reviews of the second edition:
"This is a revised edition of the same title, first published in 2006. … covers the issue of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis and its relationship with gadolinium containing agents. … the book will be a useful addition to a departmental library as a reference source and a tool for dealing with some of the more obscure contrast media issues." (Mark Downes, RAD Magazine, October, 2009)
"This second edition … provides new and updated information on the contrast-related safety issues that a radiologist can encounter in daily practice. … The book is aimed at radiologists, radiology residents, and fellows. Other nonradiologists and their trainees, such as neurologists, neurosurgeons, orthopedists, cardiologists, and radiation therapists who have imaging facilities and use contrast media, can also benefit from the information … . This is an excellent book that I highly recommend. It belongs in the libraries of radiologists and training programs." (Aurelio Matamoros Jr., The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 50 (11), November, 2009)
“This is an easy to read and very informative book on the use of contrast media in daily diagnostic practice. … In summary, this is a very useful book and a highly recommended resource text for every radiology department, it should be easily accessible not only for the ‘old’ staff radiologists but most importantly for those who are in training.” (Giampiero Beluffi, La Radiologia Medica, Vol. 114, 2009)
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