Upper GI Series: Overview and Room Set Up - Video Lesson

Welcome back everybody to our video series on fluoroscopy procedures. This video will focus on the indications for an upper gastrointestinal or upper GI series as well as the room setup. Indications for an upper GI series include, but are not limited to. Abdominal pain, weight loss. Belching, heartburn, vomiting, early satiety, dysphagia, and nausea. Contraindications for an upper GI series vary between barium and water soluble contrast and include, but are not limited to the following. Barium should not be administered if there is a suspicion for perforation, which is a hole of the stomach or bowel lumen. Or if there has been a recent surgery to the elementary tract. Water soluble iodinated contrast should not be administered if the patient has an allergy to iodine. Unless department pro