Accidents médicaux liés à l'utilisation des produits de contraste iodés en radiodiagnostic : éléments pour la détermination de la responsabilité médicale du radiologue

The radiologist is liable for his medical practice. In carrying out X-ray imaging procedures (X-rays or CT-scans), it is often necessary to use iodinated contrast media, which like other drugs, have contraindications and are likely to cause many side effects. Some of these effects are potentially very dangerous and can cause harm to the patient. We want here to consider the main possible complications through the prism of current knowledge of the specialty and practical recommendations of learned societies. The aim is to provide the medical expert, whom has to examine a victim file, with a basis for recognizing the good practice from the medical malpractice on the part of the practitioner, the therapeutic risk from the medical fault.