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[Dysphagia] Gastrografin alert
- Subject: [Dysphagia] Gastrografin alert
- From: eripley at yahoo.com (Irene Campbell-Taylor)
- Date: Thu Nov 3 06:03:46 2005
One of the doctors I work with has mentioned that barium should no
longer be used in VFSS because of the effects to the lungs it has if
aspirated, and gastrographine should be used instead. Could anyone
comment or give me titles of articles I could look up.
*** Oh my!!! Alert on this one. Gastrografin should NEVER be used at all if thre is any chance of aspiration as it can be llethal. The manufacturers specs alone say this as well as several articles and legal cases. Barium, if aspirated (barium plus water that is) is harmless to the lungs and was, up until the 1970?s injected directly into the lung to do bronchograms. This is a very serious error on the paret of the physician who told you this and I suggest that you bring it to his/her attention immediately.
Dr I Campbell-Taylor
Clinical Neuroscientist
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