Amid Global Shortage, Study Shows How to Cut Contrast Dye Use 83%
As a worldwide shortage of contrast dye for medical imaging continues, a new UCSF research letter in JAMA quantified strategies to safely reduce dye use in computed tomography (CT) by up to 83%. CT is the most common use for the dye.
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