dc.contributor.author | Gabone, John A | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-03T12:51:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-03T12:51:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1991-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Gabone, J. A(1991). The use of adjuvants in barium suspensions for contrast studies of upper gastrointestinal track | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/28749 | |
dc.description | Master of Medicine Thesis | en |
dc.description.abstract | This investigation was carried out to determine the type and
quantity of adjuvants could be added to ordinary barium sulphate
used in our X-ray department at the Kenyatta National Hospital,
with a view to improving its physicochemical qualities and ability
to reveal detail.
A double-contrast upper gastrointestinal study was done in
thirty five patients with the modified barium suspension and
fifteen were with a proprietary high-density preparation as a
control.
Though its performance cannot be said to match the reference
product, the product was found to be versatile, stable in the
presence of gastric secretions and was easy and cheap to prepare.
It is hoped that this limi ted study will spur further
interest in the adaptation of ordinary barium for gastrointestinal
imagining in its entirety.
Moreover, a larger survey by different workers with differing familiarity and experience with air contrast studies, as well as colleagues in training would result in more critical evaluation of
the barium suspensions. It is hoped that this will be facilitated
by more equipment reliability as well as strict quality assurance
than was the case in the course of this study. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Adjuvants | en |
dc.subject | Barium suspensions | en |
dc.subject | Upper gastrointestinal track | en |
dc.title | The use of adjuvants in barium suspensions for contrast studies of upper gastrointestinal track | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
local.publisher | College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi | en |