NAC and HCO3 and IV contrast

Another nail in the coffin of CIN and it’s prevention. The Intravenous contrast page has been revised with removal of NAC and HCO3 as therapies to be considered for the prevention of a probably non-existent entity!

Weisbord, SD, Gallagher, M, Jneid, H, et al. Outcomes after Angiography with Sodium Bicarbonate and Acetylcysteine. New England Journal of Medicine 2018;378(7):603-14.