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Gastrografin for a ct scan, is this urgent?

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Gastrografin: is just an oral contrast agent (you drink before the CT scan) that helps to better define the gastro-intestinal system, so that any abnormalities of the GI system will be more easily seen.

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Answered 6/13/2019

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