| Literature DB >> 7461411 |
R K Harned, G L Wolf, S M Williams.
Abstract
A prospective study to evaluate the efficacy of preliminary abdominal films for colon and upper gastrointestinal examinations was carried out on 733 patients. The preliminary film was found to be cost effective and useful in predicting adequacy of patient preparation for colon examinations but not for upper gastrointestinal studies. Significant diagnostic information that could potentially contribute to the patient's care was present in 8.4% of the cases. No contraindications to contrast examinations were found.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID： 7461411 DOI： 10.1007/bf01888655
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gastrointest Radiol ISSN： 0364-2356