Advantage of Oral Contrast

What are the advantages of Oral contrast ?

   1. Poorly absorbed from the normal GI tract.
   2. Rapidly absorbed from peritoneum.
   3.Rapidly dissipate from lung if aspirations.
   4. Well accepted by patient due to neutral tastes .

   5. Stable with bowel secretions.
   6. Infrequent GI distress

Low Osmolar Contrast Media (LOCM) is relately to low risk to the patient if aspirations and it can easily be titrated to creat the desire density.