RAD-CONTRAST (REVIEWER CONTRAST MEDIA)

A SUBSTANCE USED TO ENHANCE THE CONTRAST OF STRUCTURES OR FLUIDS WITHIN THE BODY IN MEDICAL IMAGING.

• CONTRAST MEDIA
• MEDIA

ABSORBS X-RAYS MORE STRONGLY THAN THE TISSUE OR STRUCTURE BEING EXAMINED

• POSITIVE CONTRAST MEDIA
• Negativce CM
• DOUBLE CONTRAST MEDIA

HIGH OSMOLALITY CM

• IONIC
• NON-IONIC

LOW OSMOLALITY CM

• NON-IONIC
• IONIC

CM decrease the chance of metformin causing LACTIC ACIDOSIS in patients with decreased KIDNEY FUNCTION

• False
• True

BaSO4 is a Positive CM

• True
• False

Barium Sulfate has a low atomic number

• False
• True

BaSO4 is iodinated

• True
• False

IONIC has ______ osmolality

• High
• Low

NON-IONIC has _____ osmolality

• Low
• High