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Are there preventative measures that you take in your cancer patients with chronic kidney disease who require periodic iodinated contrast CT studies for monitoring of their malignancy?

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Nephrology · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Recommendations include discussing the utility of other imagining modalities with the hematology or oncology team caring for the patient. In general, the risk for AKI from IV contrast increases with lower eGFRs. Cancer patients may have misleading "normal" or "good" Cr and eGFRs due to malnutrition ...

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Nephrology · Amin Nephrology And Hypertension Specialist
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Should diuretics be help prior to contrast exposure

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