Abdominal CT: a radiologist-driven adjustment of the dose of iodinated contrast agent approaches a calculation per lean body weight

BACKGROUND: The contrast agent (CA) dose for abdominal computed tomography (CT) is typically based on patient total body weight (TBW), ignoring adipose tissue distribution. We report on our experience of dosing according to the lean body weight (LBW). METHODS: After Ethics Committee approval, we ret...

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Autores principales: Zanardo, Moreno, Doniselli, Fabio Martino, Esseridou, Anastassia, Tritella, Stefania, Mattiuz, Chiara, Menicagli, Laura, Di Leo, Giovanni, Sardanelli, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2018
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6279751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30515613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41747-018-0074-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6279751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30515613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41747-018-0074-1

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