We had a possible foreign body in a 2-year-old DSH.
Our question was does barium affect the image quality of an ultrasound?
Can you still scan after it has been administered?
We had a possible foreign body in a 2-year-old DSH.
Our question was does barium affect the image quality of an ultrasound?
Can you still scan after it has been administered?
Comments
Barium would affect image
Barium would affect image quality. One can still scan after barium but pathology can be missed and if unsure then repeat the ultrasound a few hours later. Ultrasound generally eliminates the need for barium as a foreign body can be diagnosed on ultrasound.
Barium would affect image
Barium would affect image quality. One can still scan after barium but pathology can be missed and if unsure then repeat the ultrasound a few hours later. Ultrasound generally eliminates the need for barium as a foreign body can be diagnosed on ultrasound.
Thank you Dr.Lobetti, this
Thank you Dr.Lobetti, this question always pops up in the clinic when a possible foreign body presents and I can never remember what the recommendations are. Now I can just search the forum for this post and comment trail in the future. Thanks again! 🙂
Thank you Dr.Lobetti, this
Thank you Dr.Lobetti, this question always pops up in the clinic when a possible foreign body presents and I can never remember what the recommendations are. Now I can just search the forum for this post and comment trail in the future. Thanks again! 🙂
It makes it a bit more
It makes it a bit more tedious to work around and depending how long the barium has been in there and the other amount of fluid it will actually hide a FB as the barium will shadow as well. Obstructive pattern criteria still exists but it can be more difficult to identify the luminal structure if present.
Keep barium on the shelf and look at our GI obstruction criteria abstract in Resources:)
ECVIM-CA Congress 2009, Porto, Portugal. Sept 8-10, 2009.
Sonographic Criteria for the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Obstruction in 39 Dogs and Cats. Abstract | PowerPoint
It makes it a bit more
It makes it a bit more tedious to work around and depending how long the barium has been in there and the other amount of fluid it will actually hide a FB as the barium will shadow as well. Obstructive pattern criteria still exists but it can be more difficult to identify the luminal structure if present.
Keep barium on the shelf and look at our GI obstruction criteria abstract in Resources:)
ECVIM-CA Congress 2009, Porto, Portugal. Sept 8-10, 2009.
Sonographic Criteria for the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Obstruction in 39 Dogs and Cats. Abstract | PowerPoint
Wow perfect! Thank you
Wow perfect! Thank you Dr.Lindquist. 🙂
Wow perfect! Thank you
Wow perfect! Thank you Dr.Lindquist. 🙂