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UGI, LGI, Esophagram
Question | Answer |
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Esophagram Obliquity | RAO 35-40 degree |
Centering Esophagram | T5-T7 Perpendicular |
Respiration Esophagram | Suspended, patient does this naturally, does not need instruction |
RAO Esophagus shown through | vertebra and heart |
LAO esophagus shown through | Tspine and lungs RAO is best |
Exposure time for esophagram | 0.1 seconds |
Function of gallbladder | Storage of bile concentration of bile contraction when stimulated |
Where does the Cystic duct sit | between gallbladder and common bile duct |
Function of the liver | Production of bile |
Which quadrant is the cecum in | Right lower quadrant |
Where does the appendix attach | Cecum |
Rotation for Oblique BE | 35-45 degrees |
Centering PA BE | Iliac crest |
Visualized PA (Prone) BE | Barium in transverse colon |
Clinical indications BE | Colitis, diverticulitis, Neoplasms, vulvulus, intussusception |
What does an applecore leasion represent | Colon Cancer |
RAO BE visualize | Right colic Flexture, Ascending Colon, Sigmoid open Little to no superimposition |
LAO BE Visualize | Left colic flexure, descending colon |
Rotaion LAO BE | 35-45 degrees |
Centering LAO BE | 1-2 inches above iliac crest 1 inch Right MSP (Left Colic flexure sits higher than Right Flexure) |
Angle AP Axial Sigmoid | 30-40 degrees Cephalic |
Post evac Demonstrate | Mucosal pattern, Risidual contrast media, small polyps and defects |
Centering AP sigmoid | 2 inches inferior to ASIS (MSP) |
Centering PA sigmoid | Level ASIS |
Degree PA sigmoid | 30-40 Caudal |
Cobble stone appearance | Chrons Disease |
Ileus of Small Bowel | Obstruction Extended loops Expanded with air |
How to tell if AP or PA abdomen/GI | PA: ilia more foreshortened, closed appearance AP: ilia and bladder more open |