Dr. Muckleimplies that physicians rather than the public should make decisions about the
allocation of health care resources. Our disagreement is perhaps a difference of values. We …

W* T e were pleased to see that the editorial by Drs. Patrick S. Parfrey, Benvon C. Cramer
and Patrick J. McManamon (Can Med Assoc J 1988; 138: 497-500) has caused a brisk …

The authors reviewed retrospectively 2,100 claims filed over an 11-year period in 12
hospitals in a large metropolitan area covered by a single insurance carrier. One hundred …

R ecently in Ontario inquests were held into the cases of two young adults who had
collapsed and died after receivingintravenous injections of contrast medium despite prompt …

D rs. Gafni and Zylak raise two important issues concerning our paperon the cost-utility ratio
of nonionic radiologic contrast media:'the disutility of quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) …

(7). Although Kentucky is a reasonablephysician state, the Court held that the routine
questioning of patients at the hospital about risk factors related to intravascularly …

The ethical and legal aspects of the latter option can be exemplified in the choice of contrast
media. Would a policy that denies the use of low-osmolar contrast media (LOCM) to all …

A basic understanding of the role of regulatory agencies in governing the healthcare
environment and their influence over contrast media use is required of radiographers and …

This manual was developed by the ACR Committee on Drugs and Contrast Media of the
ACR Commission on Quality and Safety as a guide for radiologists to enhance the safe and …

Recommendations are made for updating labels, package inserts, and dosage designation.
These are based on the experience of the members of the Committee on Safety of Contrast …