An Upper GI Series

question 44

Multiple Choice

An upper GI series:

• A) is painful
• B) requires a 2- to 3-day diet of high-residue foods
• C) requires the patient to stop all oral intake 2 hours prior to the procedure
• D) requires the patient to ingest barium

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