Bowel preparation for the double-contrast barium enema: How to maintain coating with cleansing?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 216-220

  Cittadini, G ^a,b   Sardanelli, F ^a   De Cicco, E ^a   Valle, M ^a   Rosso, E ^a   Parodi, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barium; Colon polyethylene glycol; Double contrast radiography

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BISACODYL; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; SELG; SENNOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLEANING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID RETENTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PREPARATION; LAVAGE; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032953683     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(99)91154-6     Document Type: Article

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