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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A global shortage has health leaders with Riverside Health System and Sentara Healthcare making another pivot. “We’re very used to having to change course and figure out how to move ...

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 ...

Radiologists and clinicians should weigh the relative benefits and risks of using IV contrast in patients with eGFRs less than 30 mL/min/1.73 m2, according to a consensus statement. The National ...