Exam | Preparation guidelines |
| Abdominal ultrasound | Fast for 5 hours prior to appointment and keep full bladder. Patient can take all medications and drink as much water as they wish. |
| Arthrogram | Fast for 4 hours prior to appointment. |
| Cardiac CT scan | Fast for 4 hours prior to appointment. No caffeine 12 hours prior to appointment. If applicable, stop theophylline 48 hours prior to appointment. |
| CT scan with contrast media injection | Fast for 4 hours prior to appointment. |
| Endovaginal ultrasound | Fast for 5 hours prior to appointment and keep full bladder. Patient can take all medications and drink as much water as they wish. |
| MRI enterography | Patient must take 4 tablets of Dulcolax (5mg each, ask pharmacist) at 16:00 the night before the appointment. Fasting as of midnight. |
| MRI prostate / adnexal | Patient needs to pick up fleet enema at the pharmacy (no prescription needed, pharmacist will explain how to take fleet enema). |
| MRI with contrast media injection | Fast for 4 hours prior to appointment. |
| Pelvic ultrasound | Fast for 5 hours prior to appointment and keep full bladder. Patient can take all medications and drink as much water as they wish. |