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20 Cards in this Set
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Most Useful Plain Films
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Chest, Skeletal, Abdomen (limited - insensitive to soft tissue)
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Single-Contrast Fluoro
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Thin barium
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Double-Contrast Fluoro
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Thick barium, effervescent tablets
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Barium
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X-ray contrast: higher quality, chalky, chemical peritonitis, hard concretions (water out).
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Gastrograffin
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X-ray contrast: water-soluble, foul taste, chemical pneumonitis, hyperosmotic (water in).
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Barium Swallow
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Esophagus + GE junction. Mucosal contour eval under fluoro.
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Modified Barium Swallow
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"Cookie Swallow", dysphagiogram. Swallowing mechanism, airway penetration, aspiration eval under fluoro.
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Upper GI series
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Replaced.
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Small Bowel Series
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Thin liquid barium, sequential plain films. Eval small bowel transit time, distribution of loops, contour. 2 hours.
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Small Bowel Enteroclysis
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NG tube to DJ-junction, thin barium w/methylcellulose under fluoro (double-contrast), ultra-sensitive small bowel. Can use CT. Undersirable to pts.
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Contrast Enema
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Masses, strictures, obstruction, inflammatory disease. Barium or gastrograffin. C/I: free air (perforation) - use gastrograffin. Need bowel prep.
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Defecogram
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Barium paste, fluoro of defecation - anorectal angle, pelvic floor descent, rectocele/intussusception.
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Cystogram
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Adult - contour of bladder, check for leaks in s/p surgery/trauma or surgical planning.
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Voiding Cystogram (VCUG)
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Children w/recurrent UTIs. Assess vesicoureteral reflux.
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Retrograde Urethrogram (RUG)
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Males only for major pelvic trauma or strictures. Fluoro, but CT if extravasation.
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Loopogram
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Neobladder/ileoconduit s/p cystectomy for bladder ca. Evaluates ostomy to renal collecting system.
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Hysterosalpingogram
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Cervical os to fill uterus+fallopian tubes and spill into cavity. Eval congenital malformations, scar tissue, blockage, hydrosalpinx. Do few days post-menses.
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MSK Fluoro
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Surgical hardware placement, reduction of fractures/joint setting.
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Arthrography
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Contrast into joint, then fluoro. Can be w/MRI (xray contrast plus gadolinium). Shoulder, wrist, elbow, hip.
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Acoustic window
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Not air, not bone. Fluid good.
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