Assertion: enema | /r/ObjectUse | used in lower gastrointestinal series
Facets:
value: to check diarrhea
type: PURPOSE
value: in standard medicine
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In a lower gastrointestinal series an enema that may contain barium sulfate powder or a water-soluble contrast agent is used in the radiological imaging of the bowel.
text: In standard medicine an enema may also be employed as a lower gastrointestinal series (also called a barium enema), to check diarrhea, as a vehicle for the administration of food, water or medicine, as a stimulant to the general system, as a local application and, more rarely, as a means of reducing temperature, as treatment for encopresis, and as a form of rehydration therapy (proctoclysis) in patients for whom intravenous therapy is not applicable.