Episode 32: How IRs can mitigate the contrast media shortage
"We were no longer using iodinated contrast for nonemergent cases. We started using a lot of gadolinium, air, CO2, IVUS, Gastrografin, Cystografin—pretty much everything you could think of besides iodinated contrast. Because you need to save it for those emergent cases and the stroke. You know—stroke comes in, you can't just not have contrast to treat it." —Nikki Keefe, MD
In May 2022, Nikki Keefe, MD, Kush Desai, MD, FSIR, Maureen P. Kohi, MD, FSIR, and Gloria M. Salazar, MD, FSIR, published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) a paper on mitigating the contrast media shortage. In this episode, host Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks Drs. Keefe and Salazar about what led to the shortage, alternative solutions to contrast media and more.
Related resources:
- Read "Mitigation Strategies for Interventional Radiology During a Global Contrast Media Shortage," by Keefe et al. (Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, published online: May 19, 2022)
- Listen to the audio version of the article
- Read the related press release
Note: This episode was recorded on May 26, 2022.
Podcast participants
Nikki Keefe, MD, is an interventional radiologist at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Gloria M. Salazar, MD, FSIR, is an interventional radiologist at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, is an interventional radiologist at Azura Vascular Care Tampa, Florida.
Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.
