This is an investigation that allows visualisation of the oesophagus, stomach and first part of the small bowel (duodenum) with the use of X-rays and a contrast medium called barium. Under normal ...

A barium enema, in principle, is similar to a barium meal or barium follow-through but is used specifically to obtain X-ray images of the large intestine. Unlike the barium meal and follow through ...

Antispasmodics, such as glucagon and anticholinergic agents, improve the diagnostic accuracy of double-contrast barium meal examinations (DCBMs); however, they have been associated with adverse events ...

Somehow you’re guessing it’s not a MasterChef recipe? You’d guess right. It’s a type of X-ray that allows your doctor to look at your throat, food pipe, stomach and duodenum – the first part of the ...