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AAP Grand Rounds 12:33 (2004)
© 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics

RADIOLOGY

Water for GI Contrast in Trauma CT

Source: Halsted MJ, Racadio JM, Emery KH, et al. Oral contrast agents for CT of abdominal trauma in pediatric patients: a comparison of dilute Hypaque and water. Am J Roentgenol. 2004;182:1555–1559.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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A retrospective review from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, scored the quality of visualization of bowel structures on 74 abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans of infants and children after blunt abdominal trauma. The study spanned a period in which the institution switched the oral contrast material for abdominal scanning from dilute Hypaque® to water. Of the CT scans observed, 53 were obtained with dilute Hypaque® and 21 with water. The age of the 2 groups . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Beverly P. Wood, MD, MScED, PhD, FAAP
Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA