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Had a small bowel series- they said it would take a few hours. mine took 35 minutes, what's this mean?!
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Range of normal: For small bowel transit is 15 minutes to 5 hours. So, your small bowel transit time (the time it took for the swallowed barium to reach the colon) was in the range of normal.
Answered 4/30/2013
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There is a wide: range of normal, and they were preparing you for the worst case scenario. 35 minutes is not abnormal.
Answered 11/23/2014
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