title: [Barium sulfate and water-soluble contrast medium--a suitable mixture for contrast radiography in acute small bowel obstruction].
abstract: Experiences with a mixture of two different contrast media for radiography in acute small bowel obstruction are reported. Due to different physical and chemical properties, barium sulfate and a water-soluble, high-osmolar contrast medium provided high contrast density in all segments of the small bowel and a shortening of the transit time to the colon. This method proved to be effective and accurate in predicting which patients with suspected small bowel obstruction required surgical intervention. No complications caused by the contrast media were observed intraoperatively or in the postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Diagn. Radiologie und Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Städt. Klinikum Bielefeld-Mitte.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoevels
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thermann
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D001466:Barium Sulfate