Indications for Use of Low-Osmolality Contrast Materials

Does the patient need an imaging study using contrast material?

Is the imaging study likely to be painful (such as peripheral arteriography)?

Age of the patient (enter infants as the decimal fraction of a year)

Does the patient have diabetes mellitus?

Is the patient hemodynamically unstable?

Is the patient unable to tolerate an osmotic load?

Is the patient very anxious?

Does the patient have multiple myeloma?

Is the patient dehydrated?

Does the patient have a history of reacting previously to contrast material?

Does the patient have a history of an allergic condition, including asthma?

Does the patient have renal impairment or failure?

Does the patient have sickle cell disease?