The purpose of this study was to explore the risk factors of the contrast medium extravasations (CME) during computed tomography (CT) studies in a medical center. A case-control study was conducted from 2003.01 to 2007.12. 152CME events were identified as cases and 152 patients were randomly selected as controls from146,986 CT examinations with contrast media. The instruments were a self-developed demographic chart and detailed information table of CME events. The result showed the CME incidence was 1.03%. Through the logistic regression analysis, four risk factors were identified, aged (Odd's ratio=1.04, 95% CI=1.01-1.07), over weight (Odd's ratio=3.74, 95%CI=1.36-5.05), intravenous (Ⅳ) catheter insertion> 24 hours (Odd's ratio=4.17,95% CI=1.22-14.27) and young doctor inserted Ⅳ catheter (Odd's ratio=78.07, 95% CI=21.67-283.36). These four risk factors were very important in the clinical practice of CME prevention.
The purpose of this study was to explore the risk factors of the contrast medium extravasations (CME) during computed tomography (CT) studies in a medical center. A case-control study was conducted from 2003.01 to 2007.12. 152CME events were identified as cases and 152 patients were randomly selected as controls from146,986 CT examinations with contrast media. The instruments were a self-developed demographic chart and detailed information table of CME events. The result showed the CME incidence was 1.03%. Through the logistic regression analysis, four risk factors were identified, aged (Odd's ratio=1.04, 95% CI=1.01-1.07), over weight (Odd's ratio=3.74, 95%CI=1.36-5.05), intravenous (Ⅳ) catheter insertion> 24 hours (Odd's ratio=4.17,95% CI=1.22-14.27) and young doctor inserted Ⅳ catheter (Odd's ratio=78.07, 95% CI=21.67-283.36). These four risk factors were very important in the clinical practice of CME prevention.