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[[File:Contrast CT in low GFR.png|thumb|250px|center|In case of low GFR, the procedure depends on whether the dose that can be given is larger or less than the needed dose.]]
===Risk Other risk factors===Look in the medical records for other risk factors of contrast-induced nephropathy.
The Roxana Mehran score predictor applies the following ten variables:<ref name=Modi2017>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK448066/|title=Contrast-Induced Nephropathy|website=StatPearls Publishing|year=2017|author=Kalgi Modi, Scott C. Dulebohn}} [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY-4.0]</ref>
*Age (4 points if older than 75 years old)
*Diabetes (3 points).
A risk score of less than 6 carries a risk of 7.5% to score more than 16 carries up to 57% risk.<ref name=Modi2017/>
In addition to those in the Roxana Mehran score, the following are also risk factors of contrast-induced nephropathy:<ref name="NymanAhlkvist2018"/>
*Hypoxia
*Cirrhosis
*NSAIDs or (other) nephrotoxic drugs
*Persons in dialysis with residual renal function of at least 400 ml urine / 24h
*Individuals who have undergone kidney transplantation
===Adjustment of dose===
