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When you make your appointment, please tell us if you
are pregnant, have aneurysm clips or cardiac pacemaker
or defibrillator, have a history of metal fragments
or shrapnel, or have a drug infusion device.
Additionally please indicate if you have had recent
surgery. If you are over 65 and/or have a history of
kidney or renal disease please tell the practice immediately.
ABDOMINAL/PELVIC EXAMINATIONS WITH CONTRAST: Nothing
to eat or drink for 4 hours prior to the examination
or as otherwise instructed.
Please inform the technologist if you are pregnant
Ultrasound:
For an abdominal Ultrasound nothing to eat or drink
after midnight, you may take medications. for Renal
Ultrasound, nothing to eat or drink two hours prior
to exam. Pelvic Ultrasound--drink 8 ounces of water
one hour before exam, do not void.
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