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Cindy

2006-03-22, 3:41 pm

Krishna wrote:
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>
> About 4-5 days. You can have your CT done after a week. If the barium is
> still in your intestines after a week, the radiologist will see it in the
> "topogram" , i.e. the "CT radiography" that is used for programming the
> right exam for your abdomen, right before the CT starts, and you would have
> to reschedue.
> I would like to remind you that the barium that is used for the small bowel
> series is different from the barium that could be used for the CT
> (CT-Barium). Nowdays, iodinated oral enema are mostly used (like
> gastrografin and others).
> Sorry for my english!!


Enema is administrated rectally; therefore, you meant iodinated oral
contrast media.
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