Abstract
When a small amount of diatrizoate meglumine, an ionic iodinated contrast medium, is left in a catheter system before injection of amobarbital sodium or when the contrast medium is intentionally mixed with amobarbital sodium, a potentially dangerous situation occurs. The authors showed in vitro that a dense precipitate forms in this situation. This is due to an acid-base reaction between the relatively acidic contrast medium and basic barbiturate and the subsequent formation of insoluble amobarbital.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 385-387 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | RADIOLOGY |
Volume | 184 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1992 |
Keywords
- Arteriovenous malformations, cerebral, 17.75
- Contrast media, complications
- Seizures, 134.89
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging