Nuclear Medicine Service

Nuclear Medicine Service Reynolds Army Community Hospital PATIENT INFORMATION SHEET

HIDA (BILIARY) SCAN

DATE OF APPOINTMENT ______TIME ______

Your doctor has ordered a biliary scan (also called HIDA and DISIDA scan), which is an evaluation of the function of your liver, gallbladder, and bilitary tract. The radioactivity associated with this scan should not be a cause for any concern. The injection, which is given in an arm vein, should cause no side effects. The following dietary restrictions for this examination need to be followed closely: We ask that you eat a fatty meal the night before your examination, around 8-9pm and nothing to eat or drink after midnight prior to you exam, except that which is necessary to take medications. If it is necessary for you to take medication prior to your appointment, it should not be taken with any form of daily product, as the fats in dairy products will cause your gallbladder to contract and void the scan.

INSTRUCTIONS/SEQUENCE OF EVENTS:

1. Check in at the Nuclear Medicine Reception Desk. 2. The technologist will prepare everything necessary for your procedure. 3. The Technologist will bring you to a room, at which time and IV will be placed in your arm for the purpose of multiple injections. 4. The technologist will then position you on the scan table, at which time you will get your first injection. 5. You will be asked to lie quietly on the table for the next 60 to 70 minutes while the information is being collected.

6. The exam will then continue to further evaluate the gallbladders’ function, which will extend the examination by another 30 minutes.

7. You can anticipate the time required to complete your examination to take 11/2 to 2 hours. We ask that you please be patient.

*** Female patients need to have their last menstrual cycle within 30 days of appointment. If not we need a BHCG blood drawn 24 hours before their appointment. If you have any questions about this examination, or if you are unable to keep your appointment, please call the following number within 24 hours of your appt. if at all possible.

(580)558-2808 Mon-Fri 08:00 - 16:00