2008 Update - EFSUMB Contrast Agent Guidelines published in this edition of Ultraschall!

EFSUMB Contrast Agent Guidelines published in this edition of Ultraschall!

Following on from the success of the 2004 EFSUMB Guidelines for the use of contrast agents in ultrasound, EFSUMB has produced a new updated and expanded version which is published in this edition of Ultraschall. Once again these guidelines were drawn up by a group of experts from many European countries, with much of the initial work being done at two special consensus meetings held in Bologna in September 2006 and Rotterdam in January 2007. The section dealing with contrast agents in the liver has been updated and expanded, and new sections have been introduced for applications in the kidney, in vesico-ureteric reflux, in the pancreas, in trauma, and in the cerebral circulation. We are very grateful to the many contributors to this document and especially to Michel Claudon and David Cosgrove for their excellent work in editing the final document. We are also grateful to the several manufacturers (acknowledged in the document) who kindly provided educational grants to make the consensus meetings possible. We do hope members of EFSUMB will find the new guidelines to be of value.