Double contrast barium enema [electronic resource] : The Genoa approach /

1 Si Parva Licet Componere Magnis -- 2 A Short Long History -- 3 Why Double Contrast Barium Enema? -- Normal Anatomic Structures -- Pathologic Findings Better Defined by DCBE -- Pathologic Findings Assessable by DCBE Only -- 4 The Genoa Technique in Action -- Intestinal Preparation of the Patient -- Colon Hypotonization -- Barium Suspension -- Double Contrast Implementation -- Radiographic Technique -- 5 Fundamentals of Large Bowel Anatomy Related to the Problems of DCBE -- 6 Fundamentals of Large Bowel Physiology Related to the Problems of DCBE -- Absorption and Excretion -- Secretion -- Intestinal Flora Activity -- Motor Activity -- 7 Is Diet Control a Compulsory Step in the Preparation to DCBE? -- Low-Residue Fiber-Free Diet -- Properties of Dietary Fiber -- Dietary Fiber -- 8 Cathartics and their Combination -- Saline Purgatives -- Irritant Purgatives -- Combination of Cathartics -- Oral Colonic Lavage Solutions -- 9 Is the Cleansing Enema a Necessary Ritual? -- 10 A Simple, Innocuous and Effective Method for Cleansing the Large Bowel without Enemas -- 11 Effects of Antimuscarinic Drugs on the Colon -- 12 Colonic Pressure Values after Administration of Atropine, Buscopan and Glucagon -- 13 Glucagon and the Colon -- 14 Barium Suspensions -- Barium Suspensions and their Properties -- Sedimentation -- Chemical Flocculation -- Biochemical Flocculation -- Barium Column Segmentation -- Adhesion to Intestinal Mucosae -- Foam Formation -- 15 Which Barium Suspension? -- 16 The Radiographic Recording System -- 17 DCBE and Risk of Radioinduced Somatic and Genetic Damage -- 18 Barium Enema Examination of the Colon in Children -- 19 DCBE and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Only Negative Signs? -- 20 Radiology and Surgical Problems of the Large Bowel -- Diverticular Disease -- Idiopathic Ulcerative Colitis -- Crohns Disease -- Secondary Irritable Colon -- Colon Polyps -- Malignant Tumors of the Colon -- Malignant Tumors of the Rectum -- 21 DCBE and Colonoscopy -- 22 Enema, Conflicts and Perspectives: The Psychological Point of View -- Personality and Enemas -- Functional Disorders of the Large Bowel -- Psychoradiological Stimulation -- Body Image Integration -- The Radiologist.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Cittadini, Giorgio. author., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Milano : Springer Milan, 1998
Subjects:	Medicine., Radiology., Medicine & Public Health., Imaging / Radiology.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2217-1
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