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Please follow the instructions exactly as indicated unless your
doctor has advised you otherwise. If you have any questions about your
exam(s) or the prep required, please call Affinity Health Group at
(229) 391-4113.
GI
and Small Bowel; Aorta, Gallbladder, Abdomen
(complete), and Liver.
- Eat a light and fat-free supper the night before the x-ray
[clear soup (bouillon), flavored jello (no fruit), fruit juices,
soft drinks, black coffee or tea but with no milk or cream].
- Nothing to eat or drink after midnight (not even water). Prescription
medication may be taken as scheduled with as little water as
possible.
Colon
(BE); IVP
DAY BEFORE EXAM:
- Noon: Eat a light meal (clear soup, small
portions of skinless chicken or turkey, fish, white bread with
no butter).
- 1 p.m.:Drink at least 8 oz. of clear liquids
(water, strained fruit juice, clear broth, black coffee or tea
but with no milk or cream).
- 3 p.m.: Drink at least 8
oz. of clear liquids.
- 5 p.m.: Drink at least 8 oz. of clear liquids.
- 6 p.m.: Dinner (all clear liquids).
- 7 p.m.: Take Fleet Phospho-soda Solution.
Pour solution into half a glass of cold, clear liquid and drink.
Follow immediately with at least 8 oz. of clear liquids. The
solution takes effect in about an hour.
- 8 p.m.: Drink at least 8 oz. of clear liquids.
- 9 p.m.: Drink at least 8 oz. of clear liquids.
- 9:30 p.m.: Take four Fleet Bisacodyl Tablets
with a full glass of water. Swallow whole; do not chew.
DAY OF EXAMINATION
- Do not eat breakfast.
- Use Fleet Bisacodyl Suppository. Remove foil wrapping from
suppository. While lying on your side, gently insert the suppository
into your rectum. Wait 15 minutes before evacuating.
- Wash breasts and under your arms before you come in for the
exam.
- DO NOT use deodorant, perfumes, powders,
ointment, or anything in the underarm area until the exam is
complete.
Pancreas, Abdominal Aorta, and
Kidney
- Nothing to eat or drink after midnight (not even water). Prescription
medication may be taken as scheduled with as little water as possible.
Pregnancy and Non-OB
- Drink 32 oz. (one quart) of non-carbonated liquid (fruit juice,
coffee, tea, or water) one hour before your exam. Do NOT empty
your bladder.
Head, Orbit,
Neck (soft tissue), and Thorax
Abdomen and Pelvis
- Please check with your doctor about the need for
bloodwork before your exam.
- Obtain a barium preparation from
Affinity BEFORE THE EXAM .
- Drink one container of barium mixture
at 9 p.m. the night before the exam.
- Nothing to eat or drink
after midnight (except the barium mixture below). Prescription
medication may be taken as scheduled with as little water as
possible.
- Drink the second container of barium mixture one
hour before your appointment.
- You will have to hold Glucophage
for 48 hours after CT.
If your appointment is scheduled after 1 p.m., you may eat a light
breakfast. Drink one container of barium mixture at 8 a.m. and
then the second container an hour before your appointment. Nothing
to eat or drink after 8 a.m. except the barium.
- Bone Scan: May eat and drink
fluids. Scan three hours after injection. Scan time is approximately
one hour.
- Hida Scan: No barium studies prior. NPO
after midnight (no food/drink). No pain medicine.
Scan time is 1.5 hours.
- Muga: NPO after midnight. No heart medicine.
Scan time is approximately one hour.
- Renal Scan: May eat and
needs to drink fluids prior to coming for scan. Scan time is
one hour.
- Stress/Rest (Myocardial) Scan: NPO after midnight. No cardiac
or inhaler medicine. Patient must
be prepared to walk on a treadmill (tennis shoes). Plan on being
at Affinity for at least three hours (Stress/Rest).
- VQ (Lung) Scan:
Chest x-ray needs to be done. No prep. Scan time is 1.5 hours.
The following procedures
do not require any preparation:
- Bone Density
- CT Facial
- CT Sinus
- CT Spine
- Esophagram
- Ultrasound: Carotid Doppler
- Ultrasound: Extremity Vein
- Ultrasound: Thyroid
- Ultrasound: Trans Vaginal
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