PMID: 9173467Mar 1, 1997Paper

Physiopathology, clinical aspects and prevention of renal insufficiency caused by contrast media

Recenti progressi in medicina
G SavazziG Garini

Abstract

Contrast-media associated nephropathy (CMAN) consists in a sudden impairment of glomerular filtration rate following exposure to radiographic contrast materials. Damage may be limited to an asymptomatic mild increase of blood creatinine, or reach the highest levels of nitrogen retention compatible with acute renal failure. Some preexisting clinical conditions or pathologies may lead to CMAN: not only renal insufficiency, diabetes mellitus, multiple myeloma, congestive heart failure and severe hypertension, but also simple dehydration and a growing series of immunologic diseases are recognized as predisposing condition. The exact mechanism responsible for renal injury is still doubtful but recently animal models have shown substantial ischemic changes that may be added to the traditional presumed pathogenesis of direct tubular toxicity and intra-tubular obstruction. As renal ischemia stimulates both endogenous vasoconstrictor and vasodilator substances, it is now supposed that CMAN acts similarly to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, selectively inhibiting the vasodilatory prostaglandin phase and therefore causing a derangement of the physiologic vasoconstriction/vasodilatation balance of renal circulation. The role of oxyg...Continue Reading

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