An Audit of the Use of Barium Meal Examinations in General Practice

General practice and teaching hospital use of barium meal examinations in the City and Hackney Health District.

The value of barium meal examination in the management of younger patients with dyspepsia has been seriously questioned as diagnostic yield is reported to be low with only minor abnormalities detected. Our 9 month survey of general practice and hospital out-patient use of barium meal examination in the City and Hackney Health District during 1983-84 shows that 51% of patients investigated were ...

Diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy of barium meal examination: a prospective evaluation in general practice.

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of barium meal examinations in managing patients with dyspepsia in general practice. DESIGN Prospective study by questionnaires completed by general practitioners before and within three to six months after the barium meal examination. Information was requested about the patients' symptoms, current treatment, reason for requesting the examination, and the work...

Combined barium meal and cholecystogram--an analysis of 1,444 patients.

Since many dyspeptic patients are still investigated initially by radiology, a policy was initiated whereby all such patients were directly referred for combined simultaneous double-contrast barium meal and cholecystogram. This policy was aimed at reducing patient visits to hospital and increasing diagnostic yield. The results of 1,444 combined procedures are presented. Of these, 310 (25.5%) ha...

An Audit of Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis: Time to Take Action

Respiratory Dyspnœa Following Administration of Barium Meal

a complete investigation is carried out as a routine procedure, and complete examinations of the blood, stools, urine, sputum, etc., are made. The administration of a barium meal to ascertain the condition of the gastro-intestinal tract has often to be done. In a previous paper Chopra, Hayter and Bhattacharya (1937) have given an account of the radiological investigations of the gastro-intestin...