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Contrast-induced nephropathy has become a significant source of hospital morbidity and mortality with the ever-increasing use of iodinated contrast media in diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures such as angiography in high-risk patients.
37 Patients with risk factors for contrast-induced nephropathy, especially those who have multiple risk factors, require prophylactic interventions before imag-ing. 37 Prophylactic interventions studied have included normal saline or sodium bicarbonate infusions and ace-tylcysteine before and after imaging.