Safety in administering intravenous radiocontrast media using high-pressure injection pumps
Section: Healthcare Management
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Boscá Mayans MR, Arana E, Pascual Pla FJ, Sánchez-Aparisi E. Seguridad en la administración de CRI con bombas inyectoras de alta presión. Metas de Enferm feb 2013; 16(1): 22-26
Authors
1Mª del Rosario Boscá Mayans, 2Estanislao Arana, 3Francisco José Pascual Pla, 4Eugenio Sánchez-Aparisi
Position
1Enfermera. Máster en Ciencias de la Enfermería. Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Francesc de Borja, Gandía (Valencia).22Médico adjunto. Servicio de Radiología. Hospital Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología. 3Médico adjunto. Servicio de Urgencias. Hospital Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología.4Facultativo Especialista en Radiodiagnóstico. Servicio de Radiología. Hospital Francesc de Borja, Gandía (Valencia).
Contact address
Mª del Rosario Boscá Mayans. Hospital Francesc de Borja. Pº Germanía, 71. 46702 Gandía (Valencia).
Contact email: rxcharo@gmail.com
Abstract
Method: A narrative review was conducted by querying the ProQuest Health, ScienceDirect and Medline databases in addition to books, radiological society procedures and practice manuals, studies in English and/or Spanish published within the 2000-2012 period.
Results: The main adverse events related to the use of CIPs are vascular injury and/or rupture, iatrogenic embolism, patient blood product and/or ICM splashing and spattering and vascular catheter blockage. Specific nursing procedures exist for preventing each one of these adverse effects.
Conclusions: Contrast media can be administered safely using an injection pump if one is aware of the potential risks involved in the use thereof and one takes care to prevent their occurrence and/or to counteract their effect in the event that they do occur.
Keywords:
adverse drug reaction; contrast medium; diagnostic techniques; injection pump; intravenous injectionradiology
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