CHICAGO — Shanghai, China has entered a sixth week of paralyzing COVID lockdowns— with no end in sight. The ripple effect is being felt across the healthcare system in the U.S. Much-needed intravenous ...

GILBERT, Ariz. - Hospitals all over the country are rationing CT scans and delaying procedures due to a shortage of contrast dye. This began after a plant in Shanghai was put into COVID-19 lockdown, ...

Erin Dwyer has been doing a lot of waiting. After a sonogram in December, she found out that she has a growth on her right kidney and had to wait months to see a specialist. Now she’s waiting for a CT ...

The goal of this retrospective study from the Mayo Clinic was to compare the risk for dialysis and mortality within 30 days after exposure to intravenous iso-osmolar iodinated contrast material ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The process to receive certain medical imaging, like a CT scan, will look different for many Alabamians, as hospitals across the state are rationing IV contrast. “It’s a type ...

Hospitals are just learning about and are very concerned that a shortage of the fluid they use to make CT scans and MRIs more readable may last until late June. For example, The University of Alabama ...

One common concern emergency medicine professionals face is the risk for acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to the use of intravenous (IV) contrast for CT studies. Currently, emergency medicine ...