Double Contrast (Air Contrast) Barium Enema (cont.)

Conduct Of The
Examination (cont.)
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- Roll the patient supine or RPO. Take a spot image of
cecum with graded compression.
 
- Turn the patient over to the prone position.
Raise the head of the x-ray table to +45°.
Put the enema bag between the patient's legs, and, for a
third time, drain barium from the rectosigmoid.

- Return the table to a horizontal
position.
Add air slowly until the entire colon is well filled. (Let the distension of the transverse colon be your guide.)
Then, have the technologist take overhead radiographs.

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