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Department | | Nuclear Medicine |
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Procedure/Test Name | | Gastric Emptying Scan |
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Procedure Overview/Details | | For additional information:
Radiology Info website
Your physician has requested that you undergo a nuclear gastric emptying study. This is a simple and non-invasive way to evaluate the emptying of ingested food from your stomach to your intestines.
When you arrive in the department, the technologist will make a scrambled egg that has a small amount of radioactive tracer in it. You will not be able to smell or taste the tracer in the egg.
You will be given the egg along with a slice of bread and a glass of milk or water. It is important that you eat as much of this as possible, as it is to simulate a normal meal.
Immediately after eating you will be asked to lay on a table while a camera takes a one minute picture. These pictures are then repeated every 30 minutes for 2 hours.
The study will take at least 2 1/2 hours. |
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Preparation | | You must have nothing to eat or drink after midnight the evening before your procedure.
Check with your physician (one who ordered this test) to see which medications should be withheld and for how long before this study. Many medications can affect gastric emptying, and knowing which medications to withhold is very important.
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After Procedure Instructions | | There are no special instructions to follow after your exam. |
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Directions for Departments | | Directions from PARKING RAMP (Preferred Entrance):
Enter the six story parking ramp on College Avenue. No matter where you park, take the elevator to the third floor. Once on the third floor, you can enter the Robert C. Neldberg building using the large set of automatic doors. Once in the building, continue walking down the hallway until you reach the enclosed skywalk that will take you across the street. Cross College Avenue by this skywalk and turn left at the first hallway. Take the elevators “R,S,T” to the first floor. Proceed straight to the first hallway and turn left. Radiology office window is on your right.
Directions from PARKING LOT A:
Park in Parking Lot A (the parking lot which is to the east of the Robert C. Neldberg building, 580 W. College Avenue). Directly across the street is the “East Entrance”, this is labeled by a brown and white sign. Enter through the East Entrance and go to the main doors directly in front of you. Once in the hallway, take a right. Go all the way to the end of this hallway, and then take a left. Continue down this hallway until you reach the elevators labeled G&H on your right hand side. Take these elevators up one floor to the first floor. Radiology is on your left. Check in at the Radiology office window. |
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