ACR–SPR PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF PEDIATRIC FLUOROSCOPIC CONTRAST ENEMA EXAMINATIONS

PREAMBLE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS

III. QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONNEL

IV. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

A. Conventional Diagnostic Contrast Enema

IV. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

B. Intussuception

IV. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

C. Distal Bowel Obstruction in Neonates [31]

IV. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

D. Hirschsprung Disease [8,31,34-36]

IV. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

E. Meconium Ileus of the Neonate [31,40,41]

IV. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

F. The following steps are suggested for a quality control program:

V. DOCUMENTATION

VI. EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS

VII. RADIATION SAFETY IN IMAGING

VIII. QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY, INFECTION CONTROL, AND PATIENT EDUCATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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