Choice of contrast medium for hysterosalpingography. (oil-based medium may...

American Family Physician;  April 1, 1991 ;     340 words ......performed using either an oil-based contrast medium or a water-based medium. It has been...conception is higher if the oil-based contrast medium is used instead of the water-based contrast medium. To assess the difference in conception...

The role of hysterosalpingography in the evaluation of infertility.

American Family Physician;  February 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......can be used. for the instillation of contrast medium. Often a tenaculum is placed on the...instrument placement and instillation of contrast medium can cause significant discomfort to...pediatric Foley catheter to instill contrast medium. As shown in Figure 1, the Foley bulb...

GE to expand contrast medium production base in Shanghai

Xinhua News Agency;  November 1, 2005 ;     128 words ...GE to expand contrast medium production base in Shanghai SHANGHAI...dollars to expand its medical contrast medium production base in Shanghai...has played a key role in GE's contrast medium supply chain (CMSC). In the past...

German Inventors Develop Multirow Computed Tomography System

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 5, 2008 ;     251 words ......carried out, with the injection of a contrast medium, at a scanning speed in a scanning...to the propagation speed of the contrast medium in the scanning direction. The method permits the contrast medium requirement to be reduced in the...

Solutions for problems encountered in abrasive cutoff sectioning.(metal...

Advanced Materials & Processes;  December 1, 1999 ;     118 words ......abrasive cutoff sectioning Problem Possible cause Burning (bluish discoloration) Overheated specimen Rapid wheel wear Wheel bond breaking...Cutter too light for the work Problem Solution Burning (bluish discoloration) Increase coolant rate; reduce cutting pressure; choose...

Daiichi Pharmaceutical Receives Import Approval for Ultrasound Contrast...

JCNN News Summaries - Japan Corporate News Network;  October 26, 2006 ;     102 words ......granted Daiichi Pharmaceutical approval for the ultrasound contrast medium Sonazoid for Injection, a worldwide first. Sonazoid, which...with GE Healthcare, the licensor, is a minimally invasive contrast medium characterized by prolonged ability to maintain its contrasting...

Cutaneous changes in chronic alcoholics

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......32 (16%) alcoholics, bluish discoloration of the gums in 47 (23...gingival inflammation, bluish discoloration of the gums and severe...gingival inflammation and bluish discoloration of the gums may be due...

Association of pancreatitis with administration of contrast medium and...

Southern Medical Journal;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......diagnose acute pancreatitis. Iodinated contrast medium lengthens the duration of pancreatitis...pancreatitis was exacerbated by oral and IV contrast medium and also by IV lipid emulsion in the...must exercise caution in the use of contrast medium and IV lipids in the d iagnosis and...

cyanosis

The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia;      81 words ...The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 cyanosis /s'un'sis/, bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes from lack of oxygen. The cause can be hemoglobin without oxygen in the blood or a defect in the...

NSW: Doctor accused of injecting caustic dye into 24 patients

AAP General News (Australia);  July 2, 2001 ;     315 words ......over using "a totally inappropriate" contrast medium or dye on 24 patients at Canterbury...Cholangio-Pancreatography) in 1999. The contrast medium used by the doctor consisted of 60...ERCP procedures and he raised the contrast medium as a possible contributor, Mr Johnson...

German Inventor Develops Bone Cement Mixture

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 18, 2006 ;     233 words ......bone cement mixture and an x-ray contrast medium as well as a method for their preparation...polymer component containing an x-ray contrast medium and a monomer component, wherein the x-ray contrast medium is a polymer or copolymer having...

Let the data decide: the choice of contrast can add significant cost to an...

Imaging Economics;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......all in which a low-osmolar contrast medium (iohexol) was shown to be less nephrotoxic than a high-osmolar contrast medium in high-risk patients with...renal function or when the contrast medium was administered intravenously...

Separate payment is now being made for contrast medium used in performing...

Healthcare Financial Management;  November 1, 2007 ;     112 words ...... Separate payment is now being made for contrast medium used in performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI...Q9958-Q9964) can be separately billed and paid for the contrast medium used in performing the service. (Transmittal 1339)

IPL shows rejuvenation versatility

Dermatology Times;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......cosmetic treatment - men, nonfacial photodamaged skin, and bluish discoloration under the eyes, Dr. Bitter said. "Most men and women...is the only procedure I know of that will improve the bluish discoloration some people have under their eyes by 50 percent." The...

The Differential Flow of Epidural Local Anaesthetic via Needle or...

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......anaesthesia and pattern of spread of contrast medium, using different injection techniques...anaesthesia and pattern of spread of contrast medium following an epidural bolus injection...randomized to initially receive 5 ml of contrast medium via either a Tuohy needle (Group NE...