Indications for a plain X ray of the abdomen
- • Acute or subacute abdominal pain.
- • Suspected calculus in any viscus.
- • Suspected bowel obstruction or adynamic ileus.
- • Suspected perforation of a viscus.
- • Abdominal trauma.
- • Abdominal distention.
- • Determination of presence and location of a tube, catheter, intravascular device, or potential radiopaque foreign body.
