Delayed barium aspiration following complete reflux small bowel enema
| Autor: | Friedland Gw, Castellino Ra, Northway Wh, Verby Hd |
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| Rok vydání: | 1968 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment chemistry.chemical_element Bronchi Enema Megacolon Infant Newborn Diseases Intestine Small otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Lung Enterocolitis Pseudomembranous Barium enema business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology Infant Newborn Barium General Medicine Abdominal distension medicine.disease digestive system diseases Surgery Bowel obstruction Radiography Pulmonary aspiration chemistry Inhalation Vomiting Defecation Female medicine.symptom Barium Sulfate business Intestinal Obstruction |
| Zdroj: | The British journal of radiology. 41(492) |
| ISSN: | 0007-1285 |
| Popis: | In 1960 DeCarlo described aspiration of barium into the lungs of infants as a complication of faulty barium enema technique with retrograde flow of barium into the small bowel, stomach and oesophagus. Subsequently, Miller (1965) introduced a method of investigating small bowel disease by refluxing barium into the small bowel during a barium enema. He specifically warned that introduction of too much barium could result in massive pulmonary aspiration. In this article we report an infant who aspirated barium into the lungs several hours after a retrograte small bowel enema carried out at another hospital for suspected low small bowel obstruction. A 6 lb. 4 oz. female newborn was the product of an uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery and appeared normal at birth. After passing a meconium stool on the first day of life, only one bowel movement occurred during the subsequent seven days. Between the third and seventh day the infant had progressive abdominal distension and intermittent bile-stained vomiting. On... |
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