Intravenous Contrast Medium Administration for Computed Tomography Scan in Emergency: A Possible Cause of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Table 1

Patient selection for the study.

	Number (%)
CT Scan in emergency	2780 (100%)
CT Scan in emergency with IV contrast	1068 (38.4%)
CT Scan in emergency without IV contrast	1712 (61.6%)
CT Scan in emergency with IV contrast and serial creatinine levels	620 (22.3%)
CT Scan in emergency without IV contrast and with serial creatinine levels	672 (24.2%)

CT: Computed Tomography; IV: intravenous.