Preparing for an ultrasound depends on the type of exam you will be having.
For obstetrical, renal and pelvic exams start with an empty bladder. You will be asked to drink 48 ounces of fluid over a sixty minute time period.
For abdominal, gall bladder and pancreas exams you will be asked not to take any food or drink from midnight through the exam time. Medications may be taken with a small amount of water. No smoking the morning of the exam.
Patients having biopsies of the breast or thyroid must refrain from taking any aspirin or Coumadin for 5 days prior to the exam and must not eat or drink for 4 hours prior to the exam.
Please contact our office if you have any questions about you exam preparation.
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Nothing to eat or drink for three hours prior to exam. You will need to arrive 1.5 to 3 hours prior to your exam for oral contrast preparation. Our office will instruct you on how much time to allow for your exam.
You will lie on a comfortable table while a technologist performs the exam. A handheld device, called an ultrasound probe, or transducer, will be moved on the surface of your skin in the area of interest after a liquid gel is placed on the probe. For certain ultrasound exams specialized internal probes may be used. For example, an endovaginal probe is used for most pelvic exams to create the most detailed images of the uterus and ovaries.
Following the ultrasound exam you may eat, drink and resume normal activities. One of our radiologists will interpret the exam and send the results to your physician.
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