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    Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) Series



    What Affects the Test

    Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:

    • Eating before or during the test.
    • Too much air in the small intestine.



    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference March 7, 2012
    Medical Review: Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
    Reference Jerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP - Gastroenterology


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