GENERAL
X-RAY
- (If there is a possibility that you may be pregnant
please contact the physician or inform the X-ray technician before
the X-ray immediately)
No preparation is needed
UPPER GASTRO INTESTINAL TRACT
SERIES AND SMAL BOWEL FOLLOW THROUGH
- Morning Appointment : Nothing
to drink after midnight
- Afternoon Appointment: Eat a
light breakfast (no eggs or dairy products).
Eat nothing after breakfast.
BARIUM ENEMA (Large Bowel X-ray)
- Start preparation on the day before the examination:
Clear fluid diet only (clear fruit juice, bouillon, tea, jello.
No cream or fruit) for breakfast. Lunch, supper and in-between
drink lots of water. The total fluid intake should be at least
6 – 8 ounce glasses. At 6pm take ½ bottle of Magnesium
Citrate If no results by 8.00pm take the remaining 6 oz. and 2
Ducolax tablets with 2 glasses of water.
- On the morning of the exam:
Use a Ducolax rectal suppository (unwrap and insert in rectum)
If desired, a glass of clear fluid is allowed. BE SURE
TO DRINK ALL FLUID SPECIFIED.
MAMMOGRAPHY
- On the day of the examination after showing,
do not use deodorant, antiperspirant or talcum powder under the
arms or on chest, as these particles may show up on the mammogram.
Please wear a 2-piece outfit for your comfort.
BONE MINERAL DENSITOMETRY
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