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A separate article exists for '''===Contrast medium reaction===[[File:Injection Sites Intramuscular Thigh Adult.png|300px|right]]{{Main|Contrast medium reaction}}In a more severe reaction:<ref name=SURF>Unless otherwise specified in lists and table: {{cite web|url=http://www.mastcellssjukdom.se/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Nationella_rekommendationer_%C3%B6verk%C3%A4nslighetsreaktioner_kontrastmedel__PDF_2014-10-17.pdf|title=Hypersensitivity reactions against contrast media - Swedish Society of Uroradiology [Swedish: Överkänslighetsreaktioner mot kontrastmedel – SURFs kontrastmedelsgrupp]], 2014-10-17}}</ref>*'''Adrenaline'''shot, 0.3-0.5mg in adults, given intramuscularly.*Summon an '''anesthesiologist'''
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==Allergy==
===Pre-medication===
Before a contrast CT of a patient with known allergic-like or unknown-type of contrast reaction to the same class of contrast medium (such as iodinated), the American College of of Radiology recommends premedication with a glucocorticoid, preferably starting 12 or 13 hours before contrast administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acr.org/-/media/ACR/Files/Clinical-Resources/Contrast_Media.pdf#page=11|Page 9 in: Manual on Contrast Media|website=American College of Radiology, Committee on Drugs and Contrast Media|accessdate=2018-08-25}} Version 10.3. 2018. ACR </ref>
