Death following Intravascular Administration of Contrast Media
- 1 July 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Acta Radiologica. Diagnosis
- Vol. 26 (4), 457-461
- https://doi.org/10.1177/028418518502600416
Abstract
Adverse reactions to intravascularly administered contrast media preceding death and the autopsy findings in 44 patients are presented. There is a wide scatter of the age distribution of fatal reactions. The highest incidence is in the 50–70 year age group. Similar observations were obtained from the 405 deaths due to contrast media reported to the Food and Drug Administration of the United States. In the same age group the number of reactions is highest, likewise the autopsy findings. The predominant autopsy findings are pulmonary edema, congestion and hemorrhage; arteriosclerosis, both general and coronary. In the younger age group the autopsy findings are limited mostly to the respiratory tract. Fatal reactions to contrast media occur often without warning and most deaths occur within 15 min to 6 hours. Reactions to contrast media occur without relation to sex or age.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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