The nurse is reinforcing teaching for a patient who has upper abdominal pain and is scheduled for an upper gastrointestinal (GI) series
Which of the following statements by the patient would indicate a correct understanding of the teaching?
a. "It is an estimated rectal cholangiopancre-atophonography."
b. "It is a sigmoidoscopy with radiography after injection of dye."
c. "It is an x-ray of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum using barium."
d. "It is a scope inserted into the duodenum with dye injection."
ANS: C
An upper GI is an x-ray of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum using barium.
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