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Roentgenologic examination of the small bowel--an improved technique. 1965

B Singer, and C W Scheer, and C R Fox

IN EXAMINATION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE, SHORTENED TRANSIT TIME AND IMPROVED QUALITY WERE ACHIEVED BY USING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF REGIMEN: 1, No laxative; 2, nothing by mouth for 8 hours before examination; 3, 600 ml of micropulverized barium sulfate; 4, patient to lie in right decubitus position for at least one hour between films; and 5, ingestion of 200 ml of cool tap water a half hour after the start of the examination.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007421	Intestine, Small	The portion of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT between the PYLORUS of the STOMACH and the ILEOCECAL VALVE of the LARGE INTESTINE. It is divisible into three portions: the DUODENUM, the JEJUNUM, and the ILEUM.	Small Intestine,Intestines, Small,Small Intestines
D011859	Radiography	Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film).	Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man