Contrast Media & Introduction to Radiopharmaceuticals (Ch. 23)

Contains carbon double bonded to an oxygen, negative charge at the pH of the body

Acid Group

Contains nitrogen bonded to two hydrogen atoms

Amine Group

Resembling an immune system response to foreign material

Anaphylactoid

Numbers of protons in the nuclei of the different elements

Atomic Numbers

BUN test reveal whether the urea nitrogen levels are higher than normal, kidneys or liver may not be working properly

BUN (Blood Urea Nitrogen)

Interactions between electrons that hold the atoms together in a stable group

Bond

Involuntary constriction of the bronchial tubes

Bronchospasm

Substance composed of two or more elements combined

Compound

Factors of a patient's history that a medical procedure should not be performed or medication should not be given.

Contraindications

Nitrogen-containing waste excreted by the kidney's filtration system, high blood plasma levels poor filtration by the kidney

Creatinine

Compound formed by two identical simpler molecules

Dimer