PREPS
PREP FOR BONE SCAN
What is NO PREP?
The amount of time an abd sono is accepted up until (for HIDA)
What is 6 months?
STRESS TEST IS DONE IN
What is Massapequa?
Days that we cannot administer a thyroid pill
What is Thursday (some offices), Friday, and Saturday?
Exams with 3 day radiation warnings
What is Thyroid imaging with uptake and Gallium Scan?
PREP FOR KIDNEY IMAGING WITH LASIX?
What is no diuretics 24 hrs prior & stay well hydrated?
Allergy pertaining to kidney imaging?
What is a sulfa allergy?
The only office that has PET/MRI
What is Lynbrook?
What is the weight limit for splitting a stress test into 2 days?
What is 300 lbs?
Another name for MUGA scan
What is Cardiac Blood Pool Imaging?
Prep for MUGA scan?
What is no caffeine/nicotine day of exam?
3 MEDICAL CONDITIONS WE MUST ASK FOR NM STRESS TEST:
What is asthma, beta blockers and seizures?
The 2 exams that cannot be booked after 10 AM:
What is kidney imaging and parathyroid?
THE EXAM THAT REQUIRES A PATIENT TO COME IN THREE DAYS IN A ROW, 8 AM ALL THREE DAYS?
What is a Gallium Scan?
The exam where we only perform 1 out of the 2 parts
What is a pulmonary perfusion or lung scan?
PREP FOR THYROID IMAGING WITH UPTAKE?
What is:
Low sodium diet for 48 hrs prior (no Chinese/Japanese/seafood)?
No aspirin or vitamins 48 hrs prior?
3 days after no contact w/ children/pregnant women?
** BONUS +200 POINTS IF ANSWERED:
NO CT WITH CONTRAST WITHIN 6 WEEKS
NO THYROID MEDS
PET- if patient is on insulin:
What is do not take for 4 hours?
THE ONLY OFFICE THAT DOES THE I-131 THERAPY
What is Massapequa?
PREFERRED DAYS TO SCHEDULE THE FIRST PART OF A STRESS TEST IF A PT IS OVER 300 LBS
What is Monday or Tuesday?
The two doctors that administer the I-131 therapy pill?
What is Dr Kremer and Dr Khodidadian?
The full prep for a PET/CT WITHOUT missing ANY info:
What is:
- 24 hrs prior no strenuous activity.
-24 hrs prior only eat protein and greens, only drink water or seltzer.
-NPO day of exam, but water and meds are OK.
-24 hr after, stay away from children and pregnant women.
The new protocol for scheduling a HIDA W/ CCK for a patient wit evident gall stones:
What is:
Schedule the patient and do NOT mention anything about a gall bladder attack or waiver?
Also Email Dawn with MRN?
THE EXAM YOU CANNOT HAVE IF YOU HAVE HAD A CT WITH CONTRAST WITHIN THE PAST 6 WEEKS
What is a thyroid imaging with uptake?
WHEN DO WE INSTRUCT PT TO BOWEL PREP FOR GALLIUM SCAN
What is the night after they come in and the night after?
What is the test that is most commonly performed for prosthetic loosening?
What is NM THREE PHASE BONE SCAN?