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Michael P. D'Alessandro, M.D.
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Contrast:
Air
Technique:
Contraindications - peritonitis
When using Shiels' Kit, use the small blue enema tip for child
< 7 months old, and use large pink enema tip for child > 7
months old.
Tape tip in securely.
Take a spot film to start.
Position the patient prone.
Gently fill the colon with air.
Never exceed 120 mm Hg of pressure.
Make 3 tries to reduce the intussusception, each lasting for 3
minutes.
Be sure to reflux the terminal ileum completely, otherwise you cannot
be sure you have completely reduced the intussusception.
Take a post evacuation film to make sure intussusception has not
recurred.
Views to Take:
Scout
Spot films of any pathology
Overhead when done
References:
See References Chapter.
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