Avoiding the barium

Sonopath Forum

The key in this case to avoid the barium is to use the right intercostal approach to the pylorus with the patient in right lateral recumbency IC11-13. This way either gastric gas or barium in this case is not in the way to imaging the pylorus that has a cloth FB embedded in it in this view. The barium just looked like viscous anechoic fluid in this view but taking the left cranial abdominal approach it created a shadow. Why this is I would have to look in kremkau or ask a nerdy radiologist because I don’t recall but this is how I get around gas and barium in GI cases.

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