The aim is to assess the benefit of low dose oral amlodipine in renal protection from contrast induced nephropathy in diabetic patients in intensive care unit
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
amlodipine group will receive low dose oral amlodipine ( 5 mg ) before iv contrast and every 12 hour for 48 hour
before the procedure patients will recieve iv bolus of 250 ml saline followed by continous infusion of 100 ml/h of normal saline
measuring serum creatinine level
measuring serum creatinine level before the procedure and every day for 48 hours after
Time frame: baseline
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