HABLAMOS ESPAÑOL!

PREPARATION GUIDELINES

Please bring anything in writing and your prescribed order from your referring doctor.

Please leave all valuables at home

Abdomen / Aorta

No food for 6 hours prior to your exam, you can drink water (only). No breakfast, smoking or gum chewing the morning of exam.

Abdomen & Pelvis

No food for 6 hours prior to your exam. Start drinking 32oz of water (only) 1.5 hours prior to your exam. Drink for 30 mins. Do not urinate after drinking water, you must have fluid in your bladder for this exam

Gallbladder

No food for 6 hours prior to your exam, you can drink water (only).

Pelvic

Start drinking 32oz of water (only) 1.5 hours prior to your exam. Drink for 30 mins. Do not urinate after drinking water, you must have fluid in your bladder for this exam. Pelvic ultrasound should not be scheduled during menstruation

Liver

No food for 6 hours prior to your exam, you can drink water (only).

Obstetrical Sonogram
(6wks to 12wks)-(1.5 mths - 3mths)

Start drinking 32oz of water (only) 1.5 hours prior to your exam. Drink for 30 mins. Do not urinate after drinking water, you must have fluid in your bladder for this exam.

Obstetrical Sonogram
(12wks to 36wks)-(3 mths - 9mths)

Start drinking 16oz of water(only) 1.5 hours prior to your exam. Drink for 30 mins. Do not urinate after drinking water, you must have fluid in your bladder for this exam.

Renal & Pelvic

Start drinking 32oz of water (only) 1.5 hours prior to your exam. Drink for 30 mins. Do not urinate after drinking water, you must have fluid in your bladder for this exam.