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What
is Nuclear Medicine?
Nuclear
Medicine is a medical specialty that uses small amounts of
radioactive compounds to diagnose or treat disease.
Please
refer to these instructions when preparing for a scheduled
exam.
Gastric
Empty
- Nothing
to eat or drink after midnight.
Hida
Scans (GB Scan)
- Nothing
to eat or drink after midnight.
Thyroid
Scans & Uptake (I-131, I-123)
- Patient
needs to be off all thyroid hormones for 6 weeks
prior to exam.
- Uptake
should not be done within two weeks of inorganic iodine
administration (i.e., radiographic contrast agents, expectorants
containing iodine, Lugol's solution, etc.).
- Nothing
to eat or drink after midnight.
UMeckels
Scan
- Nothing
to eat or drink after midnight.Urea Breath Test (H-Pylori)
Urea
Breath Test (H-Pylori)
-
Discontinue antibiotics 1 month prior to exam.
- Patient
should be off proton pump inhibitors and sulfate for 2 weeks
before the test (i.e. Prilosec, Prevacic or Carafate).
- No
food or drink 6 hours before the test.
- Discontinue
Rolaids, Tums, Mylanta, Maalox, Kaopectate 2 weeks prior
to exam.
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