Please report to Admitting 15 minutes before your scheduled exam time.
PREP: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours before the exam. No barium studies 2-3 days prior to the scan.
PURPOSE: A Hepatolite Scan is done to study the gallbladder and bile ducts for signs of inflammation, obstruction, function, or leakage.
WHAT TO EXPECT: You will be given an injection of a radioactive isotope into a vein in your arm. This material will travel through the bloodstream to your liver. The camera will observe this material as it travels from your liver out into the gallbladder, bile ducts, and into the small intestine. You will need to lie very still during the entire test.
TIME FRAME: 60 minutes
POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS: Minimal to no side effects from the radioactive isotope.
IF YOU ARE PREGNANT, INFORM THE TECHNOLOGIST BEFORE THE EXAM.
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