[Iatrogenic risks. Medicolegal and organizational problems concerning the performance of radiographic examinations with intravenous administration of contrast media].

The forensic medicine and organizational aspects of doing X-rays with i.v. contrast medium are discussed. Special attention is paid to the pathogenetic and clinicotherapeutic aspects of X-ray and contrast medium induced accidents together with the organizational problems posed by these problems in small hospitals without anaesthesia and resuscitation departments.