PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Skalpe, I O
AU  - Hordvik, M
TI  - Comparison of side effects during cerebral computed tomography with a nonionic (iohexol) and an ionic (metrizoate) contrast medium.
DP  - 1983 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 326--328
VI  - 4
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/4/3/326.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/4/3/326.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1983 May 01; 4
AB  - Cerebral computed tomography was performed in 60 patients referred for pre- and postcontrast scanning. The patients were randomly sampled with a nonionic contrast medium, iohexol, and an ionic contrast medium, sodium metrizoate. No complications were seen, and the adverse effects, usually a feeling of warmth, were very minor with both contrast media, but iohexol caused less discomfort than sodium metrizoate. A series of measurements of the attenuation values of well defined intracranial structures was performed and no difference in enhancement was found between the two contrast media.