Tuesday May 09, 2006
Contrast induced Nephropathy
Q: What is the cut off point to suspect Contrast induced Nephropathy ?
A; Unfortunately there is no consensus defination yet to define Contrast Induced Nephropathy but its better to be safer than sorry. The most conservative general rule is to suspect some component of contrast induced nephropathy whenever there is a 25% increase in serum creatinine concentration from the baseline, or an increase of at least 0.3 mg/dL within 48-72 hours, when no other cause could be find.
We found 2 good review articles for further reading :
1. Contrast-Induced Nephropathy, Tadhg G. Gleeson; Sudi Bulugahapitiya, dublin, Ireland. (ref.: Am J Roentgenol 183(6):1673-1689, 2004). This article is available with free registration at medscape.com
2. Radiocontrast-Induced Nephropathy, Resident Grand Rounds by Jeff S. Rose, MD at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
Previous related Pearl: Preventing contrast-Induced Nephropathy
