BASICS OF CONTRAST Flashcards
WHAT IS THE ATOMIC NUMBER OR BARIUM
BARIUM 56
POSITIVE CONTRAST MEDIA APPEARS
WHITE / RADIOPAQUE
EXAMPLES OF POSITIVE CONTRAST MEDIA
BaS04 AND IODINATED CM
NEGATIVE CONTRAST MEDIA APPEARS
RADIOLUCENT OR BLACK
EXAMPLES OF NEGATIVE CONTRAST MEDIA
AIR, O2 AND CO2 GAS
MOST COMMON CM USED FOR THE VISUALIZATION OF GI TRACT
BARIUM SULFATE
PRIMARY MAIN SOURCE OF BARIUM
BARITE OR BARYTE
ADDITIVES USED IN BARIUM
GUM OF ACACIA
2 TYPES OF BARIUM PREPARATION
- COLLOIDAL PREPARATION
- SUSPENDED OR FLOCCULATION RESISTANT PREPARATION
DISPERSING AGENT THAT PREVENTS FLOCCULATION
SODIM CARBONATE OR SODIUM CITRATE
CHEMICALS THAT PREVENTS FOAMING OF CM
SIMETHICONE AND POLYSORBATE
CONTRAINDICATIONS OF BARIUM SULFATE
Ethel BOOBA
2 TYPES OF BaS04
- PLAIN BaS04
- COMMERCIAL BaS04
ATOMIC NUMBER OF IODINE
IODINE 53
CM THAT IS USED PRIMARILY FOR ANGIOGRAPHY, BILIARY, UROGRAPHIC PROCEDURES
IODINATED WATER SOLUBLE CM