ULTRASOUND PREPARATION

GALLBLADDER, KIDNEY AND ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND: (15-20 MINS.)

If your test is scheduled in the morning,  after midnight the evening prior to your exam.

If your test is scheduled for the afternoon, do not eat or drink (no gum chewing) for 5 hours before your test.  Your morning meal should be light and contain no fatty foods or dairy products.

If our doctor has also ordered a pelvic ultrasound combined with any of the above mentioned tests, then you must drink 32 oz. of water 1 1/2 hours prior to your appointment.  DO NOT VOID.

PELVIC ULTRASOUND:  (15-20 MINS.)

Drink 32 oz. of water 1 1/2 hours prior to your test.  DO NOT VOID.

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