TY - JOUR T1 - Complications from radiographer-performed double contrast barium enemas. AU - Vora,P, AU - Chapman,A, PY - 2003/06/28/received PY - 2003/11/04/revised PY - 2003/11/11/accepted PY - 2004/3/26/pubmed PY - 2004/6/2/medline PY - 2004/3/26/entrez SP - 364 EP - 8 JF - Clinical radiology JO - Clin Radiol VL - 59 IS - 4 N2 - AIM: To determine the types and rates of complications encountered by radiographers when performing double contrast barium enemas (DCBE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seven hundred and forty-one questionnaires were posted to radiographers who had in the last 5 years attended one of the biannual barium enema training courses. RESULTS: Of 741 questionnaires posted 407 (54.9%) were returned completed. Approximately 348,000 barium enema examinations had been performed. Fifty-nine radiographers reported 89 complications, including 13 intra-peritoneal and 11 extra-peritoneal perforations. There were five deaths (mortality 1 in 70,000). Deaths resulted from two of 24 (10%) perforations, two of 45 (5%) cardiac events and one cerebrovascular accident that occurred during an examination. CONCLUSIONS: Radiographers have been regularly performing DCBEs for almost a decade. The mortality for radiographer-performed DCBE is similar to that previously reported for radiologists, although a slightly higher rate of perforation is noted and so this is an area where radiographer training should be targeted. SN - 0009-9260 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/15041457/Complications_from_radiographer_performed_double_contrast_barium_enemas_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -