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Lung CT with contrast & CKD 3A
Lung Cancer | Last Active: May 12 2:33pm | Replies (28)Comment receiving replies
@denzie Your cardiologist should be willing to switch the CT to an MRI/MRA and if they are using the new MRI contrast the risk of kidney damage is very low if your eGFR is above 30. Talk to their imaging department to learn what contrast they use, do your research and then talk with your doctor or send them a msg. I did it and it converted the doctors involved once they checked out my research - they did not know. I wish you success.
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@jabrown0407 excellent advice thank you. I need to look into this as my cardiac surgeon is also using my CTs to evaluate an ascending aortic aneurysm.
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@jabrown0407 thx for your reply.
Monitoring CT order is from oncologist, who did a credible job of putting my husband’s NSCLC into remission. However since their communication to patients, pharmacists, other clinicians is extremely lacking/nonexistent, I would never recommend them.
So I reached out to our PCP who advised that he can take the contrast based on his EGRF, just drink lots of water to flush it out.