Abdominal
Fast 5 hours before the exam (water permitted).
Abdominal with Doppler
Fast 5 hours before the exam (water permitted).
Abdominal – Pelvic
Fast 5 hours before the exam (water permitted). One hour before the exam, empty your bladder and drink 500 ml of water to fill the bladder. Generally, this amount should be sufficient for the bladder to be full when the ultrasound is done.
Cardiac
No preparation
Nuchal translucency
An hour before the exam, empty your bladder and drink 500 ml of water and do not urinate before the exam.
Arterial Doppler
No preparation
Cervicoencephalic Doppler
No preparation
Venous Doppler
No preparation
Fetal (20 weeks or less)
An hour before the exam, empty your bladder and drink 500 ml of water and do not urinate before the exam.
Fetal (20 weeks or over)
Do not urinate one hour before your exam.
Sonohysterography
An hour before the exam, empty your bladder and drink 500 ml of water to fill the bladder. Generally, this amount should be sufficient for the bladder to be full when the ultrasound is done. If we’re performing an endovaginal ultrasound exam, we’ll ask you to empty your bladder.
Breast
No preparation. However, you must bring any relevant previous radiological exams.
Musculoskeletal
No preparation. However, you must bring any relevant previous radiological exams.
Pelvic and endovaginal
An hour before the exam, empty your bladder and drink 500 ml of water to fill the bladder. Generally, this amount should be sufficient for the bladder to be full when the ultrasound is done. If we’re doing an endovaginal ultrasound exam, we’ll ask you to empty your bladder.
Testicular
No preparation
Thyroid
No preparation Soft tissue
No preparation |
