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Comparison of barium swallow and ultrasound in diagnosis of gastro-oesophageal reflux.
Fifty one infants and older children with suspected gastro-oesophageal reflux entered a study comparing the diagnostic accuracy of a standard barium swallow examination with that of ultrasound scanning. All children were examined by both techniques. In 40 cases there was unequivocal agreement between the examinations. Of the remaining patients, four had definite reflux by ultrasonic criteria bu...
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BACKGROUND Barium swallow is performed following esophagectomy to evaluate the anastomosis for detection of leaks and to assess the emptying of the gastric conduit. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of the barium swallow study in diagnosing anastomotic leaks following esophagectomy. METHODS Patients who underwent esophagectomy from January 2000 to December 2013 at our inst...
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BACKGROUND This case report details an incidental finding of a submandibular duct fistula to a patient's posterior mouth floor found on a barium swallow examination that was performed to rule out gastrological causes of substernal chest pain. The radiologist was unable to determine the cause of the filling defect at the time of the study. The patient's history revealed that a large calculus of ...
متن کاملBarium swallow study in routine clinical practice: a prospective study in patients with chronic cough*,**
OBJECTIVE To assess the routine use of barium swallow study in patients with chronic cough. METHODS Between October of 2011 and March of 2012, 95 consecutive patients submitted to chest X-ray due to chronic cough (duration > 8 weeks) were included in the study. For study purposes, additional images were obtained immediately after the oral administration of 5 mL of a 5% barium sulfate suspensi...
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Barolith is a mixture of firm feces with barium sulfate, and a frequent cause of obstruction of the appendiceal lumen that can result in appendicitis. Nonetheless, some other complications like aspiration, allergic reaction, and bowel obstruction have also been reported. We present the case of a 71-year-old man with a history of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), who came to the gastroentero...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Northern Review
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0835-3433,1929-6657
DOI: 10.22584/nr46.2017.034