USED BY INJECTION AND LOCALLY FOR A WIDE RANGE OF DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES INCLUDING MYELOGRAPHY. ANGIOGRAPHY. UROGRAPHY, ARTHROGRAPHY, AND VISUALISATION OF THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT AND BODY CAVITIES.
AVAILABLE AS SOLUTIONS CONTAINING 30.2 TO 75.5% OF IOHEXOL (EQUIVALENT TO 140 TO 350 MG OF IODINE PER ML). DOSE AND STRENGTH USED VARY ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURE AND THE ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION.
Administration:
IS AN IODINATED NONIONIC MONOMENC CONTRAST MEDIUM THAT IS USED BY INJECTION AND LOCALLY IN RADIOLOGY.
INTRA-ARTERIAL PROCEDURES:
" 150 MG I/ML FOR INTRA-ARTERIAL DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY (IA-DSA)
" 300 MG I/ML FOR CEREBRAL ARTERIOGRAPHY AND PERIPHERAL ARTERIOGRAPHY
" 370 MG I/ML FOR CORONARY ARTERIOGRAPHY AND LEFT VENTRICULOGRAPHY, VISCERAL ANGIOGRAPHY, AND AORTOGRAPHY
INTRAVENOUS PROCEDURES:
" 240 MG I/ML FOR PERIPHERAL VENOGRAPHY
" 300 MG I/ML FOR EXCRETORY UROGRAPHY
" 300 MG I/ML AND 370 MG I/ML FOR CONTRAST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) OF THE HEAD AND BODY (INTRATHORACIC, INTRAABDOMINAL AND RETROPERITONEAL REGIONS) FOR THE EVALUATION OF NEOPLASTIC AND NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS. THE USEFULNESS OF CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THE RETROBULBAR SPACE AND OF LOW GRADE OR INFILTRATIVE GLIOMA HAS NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED