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Merrill's Chapter 17 - Small Bowel
Small Intestine Procedures
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Health Care
Undergraduate 3
04/17/2012

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Term

Small Bowel

 

length?

 

Parts?

Definition

Average adult length - 22 feet

 

Duodenum

Jejunum

Ileum

Term

suspensory muscle of the duodenum

(ligament of Treitz)

Definition
supports duodenojejunal flexure
Term
functions?
Definition

digestion

 

absorption

Term
peristalsis
Definition
contraction waves by which the digestive tube propels contents toward the rectum
Term
constrast?
Definition

barium most common

 

can also use water-soluble iodinated

(not as much anatomic detail but faster than barium)

Term
3 methods of contrast administration
Definition

oral

 

reflux filling

 

direct injection (enterocylsis)

Term
patient prep
Definition

soft/low residue diet x2 days

 

NPO after evening meal

 

no breakfast

 

maybe cleansing enema

Term
small bowel series
Definition

oral contrast administration

timed interval of pictures

 

series of AP/PA images

AP - superior/lat shift of stomach, prevent compression

PA - compress abdomen

 

watch until contrast reaches ileocecal valve then "spot" images of valve (may use compression paddle)

Term
AP/PA small intestine
Definition

just like KUB for delayed images

 

center a little higher for initial images

Term
respiration?
Definition
expiration
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