Complications of radiographer performed double contrast barium enema examinations

Radiography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-95

  Culpan, D G ^a   Chapman, A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antispasmodic; Comparison; Mortality; Perforation; Retrospective

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BARIUM ENEMA; COLON DILATATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOUBLE CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; TRAINING;

EID: 0036588798     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/radi.2002.0372     Document Type: Article

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