W watermen Member 10+ Year Member 5+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Mar 1, 2005 Messages 216 Reaction score 0 Jul 4, 2007 #1 Members don't see this ad. Why is IVP contraindicated in diabetic and poor renal function?
K King Arthur Member 10+ Year Member 5+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Mar 26, 2005 Messages 125 Reaction score 0 Jul 4, 2007 #2 probably bc of contrast which is bad for kidney function.
Dr JPH Membership Revoked Removed 10+ Year Member 15+ Year Member 20+ Year Member Joined Feb 4, 2000 Messages 5,910 Reaction score 42 Jul 4, 2007 #3 Contrast nephrotoxicity from the dye. Diabetic patients are at higher risk for acute renal failure from the dye. Think about what the vasculature of a diabetic patient with poor renal function is like.
Contrast nephrotoxicity from the dye. Diabetic patients are at higher risk for acute renal failure from the dye. Think about what the vasculature of a diabetic patient with poor renal function is like.
W watermen Member 10+ Year Member 5+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Mar 1, 2005 Messages 216 Reaction score 0 Jul 4, 2007 #4 JPHazelton said: Contrast nephrotoxicity from the dye. Diabetic patients are at higher risk for acute renal failure from the dye. Think about what the vasculature of a diabetic patient with poor renal function is like. Click to expand... Thanks a lot. It makes sense.😀
JPHazelton said: Contrast nephrotoxicity from the dye. Diabetic patients are at higher risk for acute renal failure from the dye. Think about what the vasculature of a diabetic patient with poor renal function is like. Click to expand... Thanks a lot. It makes sense.😀
MacGyver Membership Revoked Removed 15+ Year Member 20+ Year Member Joined Aug 9, 2001 Messages 3,757 Reaction score 7 Jul 4, 2007 #5 Diabetes is not a contraindication per se to contrast dye unless they already have elevated creatinine from diabetic nephropathy. Basically as long as they have a normal baseline creatinine the risk of contrast nephropathy is virtually nil.
Diabetes is not a contraindication per se to contrast dye unless they already have elevated creatinine from diabetic nephropathy. Basically as long as they have a normal baseline creatinine the risk of contrast nephropathy is virtually nil.