Mitigation Strategies for Interventional Radiology During a Global Contrast Media Shortage

Shortage of iodinated contrast media: Status and possible chances – A systematic review

“…1 ). The remaining 22 papers [ [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] ] served as basis for the following analysis, and contain a variety of different study types such as retrospective studies (n = 4), clinical perspectives (n = 3), special reports (n = 2), review articles (n = 5; including two narrative reviews), and others (n = 8). All articles are either published in the USA (n = 17) or in Australia (n = 5).…”

“…The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists as well as authors from Yale have published further guidance on how to preserve ICM [ 4 ]. Following the persisting shortage, more publications discussing this issue have been released [ [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] ].…”

Metrics-driven successful strategy by emergency and radiology driven task force to mitigate global CT contrast media shortage in a safety net hospital

“…Delaying elective or outpatient contrast-enhanced CT imaging (CECT) was recommended for ordering providers by 1 month or 3 months depending on the necessity of ICM, a similar strategy reported by Grist et al . [ 8 , 18 ]…”

SVM Communications: Contrast media shortage and Society updates

“…Owing to this temporary lockdown, GE announced that it anticipated an 80% reduction globally in contrast media supply for several months through mid-summer. 1,2 What is the impact of this contrast shortage on clinical practice?…”

“…Yulanka Castro-Dominguez, MD 1 , Jun Li, MD 1 and Aditya Sharma, MBBS, FSVM 2 exclude PE and reduce the need for D-dimer testing by 22%. 9 Patients who are identified as low risk per the initial clinical prediction tool, either Wells criteria or Geneva scores, but have at least one criteria of PERC, and those who are identified as moderate risk for PE per the initial clinical decision tool, should undergo D-dimer testing.…”