Nursing care of patients with contrast media extravasation
Keywords:
contrast media, contrast media extravasation, nursing, preventionAbstract
Contrast media extravasation is an adverse event of intravenous contrast media injection, which occurs in patients undergoing computed tomography (CT) with contrast media. Its impacts ranged from mild to severe effects. It may lead to the development of high muscle pressure, resulting in cell death and ischemia in affected area. Nurses play an important role in assessment, prevention, and provision of nursing care when contrast media extravasation occurs. Therefore, nurses require knowledge, skills, experience, and expertise in taking care for patient safety and reducing complication severity when this adverse event arises. The authors have summarized knowledge from relevant literature review combined with work experience to guide the readers to have sufficient competence to take care of patients undergoing CT with contrast media injection, which in turns, be able to provide care for these patients properly, safely and effectively.
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