Most ultrasound procedures do not require advance preparation. The exceptions are listed below:
For any study, if your doctor gave you an order, please bring it with you.
ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND and ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND WITH DOPPLER
(Liver, spleen, gallbladder, kidneys, pancreas, abdominal aorta, biliary system)
(Exam time: 30 min; visit time about 1-1/2 hours)
Adults: Do not eat or drink eight hours before exam.
Children: Do not eat or drink four hours before study or skip one meal.
Take medications with a small sip of water.
If you are diabetic, please take your insulin.
PELVIC ULTRASOUND
(Uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, urinary bladder)
(Exam time: 30 min; visit time about 1-1/2 hours)
Our protocol is to include transvaginal ultrasound for females.
Eat normally.
One hour before your exam, drink about 1litre of water.
Do not empty your bladder before your exam.
BLADDER ULTRASOUND
For both male and female patients, one hour before your exam, drink about 1litre of water.
PROSTATE-TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND
Two hours before your exam, do a cleansing with a Fleet enema #1.
Follow preparations for prostate ultrasound
TRANS-ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND
Drink about 1litre of any liquid one hour before the exam. Do not urinate before the exam so you arrive for at the exam with a full bladder.
HYSTEROSONOGRAM
No unprotected sexual relations during the first 10 days of your menstrual cycle.
ULTRASOUND-GUIDED BIOPSIES
Ultrasound breast biopsy
You must be off aspirin, blood thinners and vitamin E for seven days prior to your biopsy.
LIVER BIOPSY / PARACENTESIS / THORACENTESIS / PROSTATE BIOPSY
Do not eat or drink after midnight the day before your biopsy.
You must be off aspirin, blood thinners and vitamin E for seven days before your biopsy.
Finally, because you'll need to expose some part of your body for the examination, we advise you wear something that's easily adjustable. For example, instead of wearing a jumpsuit or a gown you should wear a pair of trousers/skirt and shirt/blouse.
Give yourself enough time to relax and don't be in a hurry to do any examination so as to get the best our of the wall process.
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