Fluroscopy: Upper Digestive System Flashcards
__1__ shield pts when exam allows
- Always
Always ____ yourself and the radiologist
Introduce
Always ask about __1__; usually NPO since __2__.
- Prep
2. Midnight
Esophagus: approx __1__ long; extended from __2__ to __3__; joins stomach to approx T-11 LES (__4__)/ cardiac sphincter
- 10”
- C-6
- T-10
- Lower esophageal sphincter
Esophagus: AP or PA. CR perpendicular @ __1__ and mid-esophagus (__2__). Top of film at __3__; try not to rotate pt.
- MSP
- T5-6
- EAM
Oblique Esophagus: __1__ suggested with rotation of __2__ degrees, CR perpendicular to the __3__ and approx __4__ laterally from the __5__
- RAO
- 35-40
- Mid-esophagus
- 2”
- Vertebral column (toward the side up/left)
Lateral Esophagus: we do a __1__ lateral with arms forward and out of the way. __2__ perpendicular to the IR, CR perp to the IR at __3__ (T5-6) and down the __4__.
- right
- MCP
- Mid-esophagus
- MCP
Stomach:
Most superior portion an is posterior
Funds
Stomach:
Contains rugea; more medial border is called the lesser curvature and more lateral border is called the greater curvature.
Body
Stomach:
Inferior and more anterior portion. Pyloric sphincter will open into small bowel.
Pelorus
UGI: PA.
-pt __1__; MSP in line (arms up or down). CR perp to IR to the level of __2__ (L1-2)
**__3__ filled with air
- Prone
- Costophrenic Angle
- Fundus
UGI, AP:
- pt __1__
- CR perp to IR to level of __2__
- __3__ filled with air
- Supine
- Costophrenic Angles
- Fundus
UGI-RAO:
- opposite of a __1__
- pt __2__
- rotate __3__
- CR perp to IR to the level of __4__ and midway from the vertebral column and lateral or elevated side of body (REMEMBER: stomach is on __5__ side)
- *RAO-barium in __6__**
- *LPO-barium in __7__**
- LPO
- Prone
- 40-70 degrees
- Costophrenic Angles
- Left
- Pyloric
- Fundus
UGI-LAO:
- opposite of __1__, pt prone, rotate approx __2__.
- CR perp to IR @ level of __3__ and midway from __4__ column and the elevated lateral border.
- *You will be demonstrating an __5__ body of the stomach
- RPO
- 40-70
- Costophrenic Angle
- Vertebral
- Elongated
SBS: Total length of approx __1__ feet; extends from the __2__ to the __3__ (RLQ). Contains villi for increased surface area. Has three divisions; __4__, __5__, __6__.
- 22-23
- Pyloric sphincter
- Ileocecal valve
- Duodenum
- Jejunum
- Ileum
SBS: AP or PA
- prone or __1__
- CR perp to IR @ __2__ to __3__
- *Entire __4__ on series.**
- *Be accurate on time**
- Supine
- L2
- Iliac crest
- Small bowel
8-10 inches, “C” shaped
Duodenum
2/5 of lower small bowel, feathery appearance
Jejunum
3/5 of lower small bowel, ends at the terminal ileum or ileocecal valve into the large intestine
Ileum
The folds of the stomach are called the _____
Rugae
The most anterior part of the stomach
Pyloris
The right lateral position/projection of the stomach best demonstrates the stomach in the lateral position and the _____
Duodenal loop
The term for wavelike movement of food stuff through the digestive tract is ______
Peristalsis
Proper respiration for an esophagus radiograph
There is no respiration instructions because the pt will be drinking barium
Under normal circumstances the stomach will empty in _____
2-3 hours