PREPERATION AND INSTRUCTIONS

PREPARATION AND INSTRUCTIONS: These instructions are IMPORTANT. Please follow them.

Ultrasound

1.Abdomen (includes studies of the GALL BLADDER< PANCREAS, SPLEAN, LIVER, KIDNEYS and AORTA). If your appointment is in the morning, do not eat or drink anything after 8pm the night before. If your appointment is in the afternoon, for breakfast you may eat dry toast, black tea, black coffee, juice up to 9am. Nothing to eat or drink after that. These instructions are important as we require you to have an empty stomach.

2. PELVIS including TRANSCAGINAL (UTERUS, OVARIES, BLADDER)(also G.U TRACT) and PREGNANCY (OBSTETRICAL). You must have completed drinking 1 hour before your appointment. Finish by_________. You must drink 32 oz./1litre (4 large glasses) of fluids. This can include coffee, tea, juice, water, etc. – not milk.

Do not go to the washroom. You must have a full bladder for this examination. We will try to examine you as soon as ppossible on arrival so that you will not have to be uncomfortable for too long. Eat the meal nearest your examination – There is no reason not to eat.

3. ABDOMENT and PELVIS examinations combined. Do not eat anythig 12 hours prior to the examination. Finish drinking 32 oz (1litre) of water, and ONLY water one hour before your examination. Do not go to the washroom.

4. PROSTATE WITH TRANSRECTAL