AIR BUBBLES AND DOUBLE CONTRAST BARIUM ENEMA

Authors

  • Ekwan CHANSUE Department of Radiology, Chulalongkorn University
  • Linda PANTONGRAG-BROWN Department of Radiology, Chulalongkorn University

Abstract

To minimize the problem of multiple air bubbles within the colon during doublecontrast barium enema (BE), 100 mg of Simethicone was added to 600 ml of barium suspension which was prepared from barium powder.

One-hundred and three patients had BE with Simethicone and 93 patients had BE without Simethicone. The group with Simethicone showed significantly higher number of good studies (none or minimal air bubbles) than the group without Simethicone (p = 0.001).

Simethicone is very cheap and safe drug. It is easy to mix with barium suspension and is recommended to be added when prepared the barium solution manually from the powder.

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Published

2023-04-11

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CHANSUE E, PANTONGRAG-BROWN L. AIR BUBBLES AND DOUBLE CONTRAST BARIUM ENEMA. ASEAN J Radiol [Internet]. 2023 Apr. 11 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];5(3):311-4. Available from: https://asean-journal-radiology.org/index.php/ajr/article/view/505

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Vol. 5 No. 3 (1999): September-December

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