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Contrast Media Shortage of 2022 – Lessons Learned

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9,13 3) Switch to a NCCT scan CECT has been long considered to outperform NCCT in acute trauma and acute abdominal emergencies and has thus been referred by ED physicians to rule out life-threatening emergencies. 3 A study of CT use trends in the ED has shown increasing use of CTs by almost 60% from 2005 to 2013.