Table 4.

Patient Characteristics, Gadolinium Dose, and Characteristics of Reaction

	All	Gadopentetat (Magnevist)	Gadoteracid (Dotarem)	Gadobenat (Multihance)	Gadotbutrol (Gadovist)	Gadoteridol (Prohance)	Gadodiamide (Omniscan)	Other*
All	45	20	5	3	9	2	3	3
Age (years, mean)	51.9	50.8	48.2	68.0	49.6	38.0	62.0	56.0
SD	16.5	18.1	19.0	4.6	16.1	14.1	4.0	13.0
Median	54.0	54.0	53.0	69.0	42.0	38.0	62.0	56.0
Range	16-77	16-74	25-69	63-72	31-77	28-48	58-66	43-69
Sex
Male (%)	62.2	75.0	60.0	33.3	44.4	50	66.7	66.7
Contrast dose (ml, mean)	20.6	22.5	24.8	13.7	13.2	14.3	20.0	23.0
SD	8.3	7.5	8.8	3.2	4.3	17.0	8.0	11.5
Median	20.0	22.5	28.0	15.0	14.0	28.0	20.0	27.0
Range	7-40	7-36	10-32	10-16	10-21	16-40	12-28	10-32
Category of reaction
Mild	43	18	5	3	9	2	3	3
Moderate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Severe	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Symptoms
Allergic shock	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cardiac arrest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dyspnoea	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bronchospasm	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nausea	10	3	0	1	2	0	2	2
Vomiting	6	3	0	0	0	0	2	1
Warmth	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Headache	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dizziness	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	0
Altered taste	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Itching	9	2	1	1	4	1	0	0
Flushing	10	2	1	1	6	0	0	0
Chills	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Sweats	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rash/Hives	15	4	4	2	2	2	1	0
Swelling of eye/face	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anxiety	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Treatment
Observation	30	14	3	2	5	1	2	3
Antihistamines	18	4	3	2	4	1	3	1
Steroids	14	3	1	2	3	2	3	0
Adrenaline	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

*Dotarem is included in Other