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British Journal of Radiology (1982) 55, 269-271
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The British Journal of Radiology, Vol 55, Issue 652 269-271, Copyright © 1982 by British Institute of Radiology

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Glucagon and infusion cholangiography

LN Jarrett, J Doran, K Clifford, D Keane, DR Knapp and GD Bell

It has been previously suggested that glucagon improves the bile duct and gall-bladder opacification obtained by infusion cholangiography. One hundred and ninety consecutive patients referred for intravenous cholangiography were entered into a double-blind study designed to see if glucagon would in fact significantly improve bile duct opacification. All patients received a one hour intravenous infusion of iotroxamide at a rate of 3.15 mg/kg body weight/min. Glucagon did not enhance bile duct opacification, the mean post-injection scores for the two groups being 2.47 +/- 1.11 and 2.29 +/- 1.15 respectively. On the basis of the present study we cannot recommend the routine use of glucagon following infusion cholangiography.




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