By Stephen Chapman MB BS MRCS MRCP FRCR, Richard Nakielny MA BM BCh FRCR
This e-book provides a synoptic description of the sensible information of ways to hold out the typical strategies in imaging on which an exam candidate should be anticipated to be favourite. It doesn't try and hide rarer strategies past the scope of the examination or to teach the ensuing photographs. each method is defined less than a collection of ordinary headings (for instance: equipment, symptoms, apparatus, sufferer training, process, aftercare, issues, extra reading).
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Pain at injection site 3. Seizure 4. Strange taste 5. Nausea 6. Headache 7. Dizziness 8. Anaphylactoid reactions may occur (at the present time seven episodes have been reported to Schering worldwide) and so medical cover should be readily available, as should resuscitation equipment. Of these the first two are the most common, but in all they add up to only about 3% of injections (Schering Technical Brochure). GASTROINTESTINAL CONTRAST AGENTS These are used to distinguish bowel from adjacent soft tissue masses.
Release cuff and flush with saline. Images The image acquisition times quoted in the text should only be considered an approximate guide, since the appropriate time will depend upon such factors as the sensitivity of the available equipment, the amount of activity injected and the size of the patient. A n acceptable time will usually be a compromise between the time available, the counts required for a diagnostic image and the ability of the patient to remain motionless. Aftercare Radiation safety Special instructions should be given to patients who are breast feeding regarding expression of milk and interruption of feeding.
During acute anaphylaxis or hypotensive collapse and possibly due to increased capillary permeability. 9. Arrhythmias. 10. Hypotension. Usually accompanied by tachycardia but in some patients there is vagal over-reaction with bradycardia. v. Hypotension is usually mild and is treatable by a change of posture. Rarely, it is severe and may be accompanied by pulmonary oedema. 32 33 34 1 1. Abdominal pain. May be a symptom in anaphylactic reactions or vagal overactivity. Should be differentiated from the loin pain that may be precipitated in patients with upper urinary tract obstruction.
