27 April 2009

Gastrointestinal Imaging



Gastrointestinal Imaging
Presentation by:Rajneesh Mathur D.O.

Basic Imaging Techniques

* Plain Film Radiography
o Quick, Easy, Inexpensive
o “Snapshot” of a dynamic system
o Technique
+ Bones
+ Upper quadrants
+ Flanks
+ Mid-Abdomen
+ Lower Abdomen

Plain Film Radiography Continued

* Acute Abdominal Series
o Supine
+ Detects fluid/blood in peritonuem
+ Detects gas in bowel
o Upright
+ Air Fluid Levels
o Left Lateral Decubitus
o Upright CXR
+ Best for free air

Contrast Radiography

* Barium Sulfate
o Standard for contrast GI studies
o Insoluble, High viscosity
o Not absorbed by the GI tract
* Gastrograffin
o Soluble, Low viscosity
o Not absorbed by the GI tract
o Laxative Effect
+ Not recommended in Peds

Computed Tomography

* Imaging of SOLID organs
* View of RETROPERITONEUM
* Oral Contrast
o Identify bowel
* IV Contrast
o Blood Vessels
* 2 Phases


Radionuclide Scanning

* Replaced by Ultrasound in ED secondary to time

Ultrasonography

* Inexpensive
* Non-Invasive
* Air is a poor conductor
* Solid structures conduct well

Specific Gastrointestinal Conditions

* Plain Film Radiography
* Abdominal CT
* Ultrasound
* Air Contrast or Barium Enema
* Angiography
* Radionuclide Scanning
* MRI

Plain Film Radiography

* In past, every belly pain got plain films
o 10 to 40% of the time it does not change clinical management
o Get it for
+ SBO
+ Free Air
+ Ileus
+ Bowel Ischemia
+ Foreign Bodies

Abdominal Computed Tomography

* Diagnostic Tool of Choice for:
o Diverticulitis
o Pancreatitis
o Pancreatic Pseudocysts
o Aortic Aneurysm
o Blunt Trauma
o Appendicitis
* Can pinpoint a diagnosis in 95% of cases where clinical judgment fails to narrow a wide range of potential diagnoses

Ultrasonography

* Initial study for patients with
o RUQ pain
o Pelvic Pain
o Acute Appendicitis



Air Contrast or Barium Enema

* Used for
o Intussusception
o Has been replaced by CT for suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm
o May be helpful in evaluation of patients with lower GI bleed

Angiography
Radionuclide Scanning

* Can be useful as an adjunct to Ultrasound when suspicion of
o Cholecystitis
o Cystic Duct obstruction
o No Role in the imaging of the GI tract in the ED

MRI
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