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Case 1

A 47 year-old man came to the X-ray department for a CT brain examination. As it was known that he was allergic to seafood and may receive a contrast injection during the examination, he was provided with steroid cover and asked to take this at a particular time before the examination. Whether he would receive a contrast injection or not would be the decision of a radiologist based on findings from the first set of images. In this case, he was injected with contrast for further investigation. The risks and effects of the contrast medium were explained to him simply with a few sentences, while he was on the couch of the CT machine. After the examination, he was discharged routinely after staying in the department for about 10-15 minutes for observation of his reaction to the contrast medium.

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