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This x-ray test provides a general evaluation of
your kidneys, ureters and urinary bladder.
When you were referred by your
physician for a radiological exam, you may have been told about certain
instructions to be done prior to the exam, or when you were scheduling
your appointment, the scheduler should have informed you about the
preparations that should be done prior to your exam. If you did not or
if you want a recheck, you can refer to the information listed below.
Keep in mind that you may have been given some additional or different
instructions, based on your own particular circumstances. If you have
any questions, please call our hotline 16171 or (202) 3336-3310 (Mohandeseen), (202) 2417 5556 (Heliopolis) or
(202) 2528 4888 (Maadi) to speak with a radiologist if you have any
questions. It is best to call between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday
through Thursday.
Instructions
If you are a woman of childbearing age and there is a chance that you
may be pregnant, please consult your physician before scheduling this
exam.
Medications can be taken prior to your test. Pills should be taken early
in the morning, with just a small amount of water.
If you take insulin, you must consult with your doctor about adjusting
your dose. You should not take insulin if you are fasting for your exam.
However, you should bring your insulin with you so you can take it after
the exam. Also, when making an appointment, tell the scheduler if you
are diabetic. Request an appointment time early in the day.
If you are allergic to any type of food, iodine or x-ray contrast
material (x-ray dye), you need a special type of contrast material. If
this pertains to you, you should notify the technician or radiologist in
charge.
To examine the kidneys satisfactorily, it is important to clean the
colon of waste matter or fecal contents which might prevent the kidneys
from being seen well. For this purpose a Bowel Preparation Kit can be
purchased at any pharmacy.
On the day before your examination ONLY clear liquids may be taken
(water, juice, soup, tea or coffee without milk). Be sure to drink a
sufficient amount of fluid.
At 5:00 p.m. drink the entire contents of the bottle of magnesium
citrate (laxative).
Nothing is to be taken by mouth past midnight the night before your
test. If your test is scheduled in the afternoon, you may have 1 glass
of clear liquids in the morning.
Patients less than 18 years old must be accompanied by a parent or
guardian. Please do not bring children with you to the appointment. Be
sure that your doctor's office has sent an x-ray request to us or that
you bring one with you.
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You will be asked to change into
a hospital gown and asked if you have asthma, diabetes, heart or kidney
problems, sickle cell disease, or if you are or could possibly be
pregnant, please let the x-ray technologist know.
A technologist will escort you into an x-ray examination room, and
take two or three x-ray films of your abdomen. After a radiolgist has
reviewed these films, you will be injected an x-ray contrast material
(x-ray dye) into one of your veins. This material will be absorbed by
your blood and will allow your urinary tract to be visualized.
A series of x-ray films will be taken over the next 20 or 30 minutes
to examine your kidneys, ureters and urinary bladder.
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Resume your normal diet and drink plenty of water to
flush the contrast material out of your system.
The radiologist's report of the results will be ready within 24 hours.
Your doctor will discuss the results of the test with you.
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Please call our hotline
16171 or (202) 3336-3310 (Mohandeseen), (202) 2417 5556 (Heliopolis) or
(202) 2528 4888 (Maadi) to speak with a radiologist if you have any
questions. It is best to call between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday
through Thursday.
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