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Small bowel follow through
Patient preparation: NPO for 4 hours
Contrast used: barium, dilute contrast using 2 parts contrast : 1 part sodium chloride if < 1 year old or 1 part tap water if > 1 year old
Technique: do upper GI first, then give second cup of contrast to drink
Images to obtain: AP image after finishing second cup of contrast, AP image every 30 minutes until contrast reaches the colon, spot images of terminal ileum