A CT brain scan will take about 30 minutes and the patient must lie still for the duration An EEG may be attached to monitor heart rate, and for some investigations, a Before a CT scan, the patient may drink but is asked not to eat for four hours beforehand, and not to take strenuous exercise A CT brain scan will take about 30 minutes and the
• For the thyroid scan, a tracer will be injected in your vein You will then need to wait 10 to 15 minutes before imaging begins The entire visit takes abo ut 1 to 1½ hours • If you are going to be treated with a therapeutic dose of I31 after the 24-hour uptake and scan, do not eat any solid foods for 2 hours before this appointment
leak) After overnight hydration with 600 ml of water, patients empty the bladder completely, discard this urine and drink 600 mL of distilled water All urine produced during the next 2 hours is collected (fasting urine) A 1g oral calcium load is administered and urine is again collected over the next 4 hours (post-load urine) Both
6) After the scan The slightly radioactive tracer fluid will soon decay into non-radioactive elements In order to ensure this process happens quickly and does not put further strain on your body, a period of rest is also called for after the scan You should also drink plenty of water during this time 7) Evaluation of the images
the Step 1 tutorial and practice test items that are provided on the USMLE website well before your test date The sample materials available on the USMLE website include an additional item with associated audio findings that does not appear in this booklet You should become familiar with this item format that will be used in the actual
Your 18-20 week ultrasound November 2018 This written The amount of fluid around the baby • That your cervix is Many, in fact just more than half of all
Your antenatal 18+0 to 20+6 fetal anomaly ultrasound scan has shown that the area within one which acts as a collecting area for the urine before it drains out of the kidney and down If the measurement is more than this at either of these fluid/liquor (water) surrounding the baby in the womb can also be affected if the