Comment: Incidence of Adverse Reactions Caused by Contrast Media

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Lasser

Berry

Talner

. Pretreatment with corticosteroid to alleviate reactions to intravenous contrast material. N Engl J Med 1987; 317: 845–9.

Hutchcroft

Moore

Orange

. The effects of H₁ and H₂ receptor antagonism on the response of monkey skin to intradermal histamine, reversal-type anaphylaxis, and passive cutaneous anaphylaxis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1979; 63: 376–82.

Meyers

Bloom

. Cimeidine (Tagamet) combined with steroids and H₁ antihistamines for the prevention of serious contrast material reactions. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1981; 7: 65–9.

Johnson

Weiner

Wagner

McLean

. The effects of H₁ and H₂ receptor blockade on the inhibition of immediate cutaneous reactions. Clin Pharm 1984; 3: 60–3.

Product information. Chymodiactin (chymopapain). Northbrook, IL: Smith Laboratories, 1984.