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How should patients be prepared for an analanine aminotransferase test?
No special preparations are necessary for this test.
How should patients be prepared for immunoelectrophoresis?
This test requires a blood sample.
What preparation does the patient need for a stress test?
Patients are usually instructed not to eat or smoke for several hours before the test.
How should patients be prepared for an immune complex test?
This test requires a blood sample. It is not necessary for the patient to be in a fasting (nothing to eat or drink) state before the test.
How should patients be prepared for an impedance phlebography?
Patients undergoing this test do not need to alter their diet, change their normal activities, or stop taking any medications. They will wear a surgical gown during the test, and be asked to urinate before the test starts.
Should someone with atrial fibrillation have a exercise stress test or a thallium stress test?
If you are a patient currently in atrial fibrillation. Generally speaking an adenosine or lexiscan nuclear stress tests are usually the best options. The other medicated stress test is Dobutamine (both echocardiogram and Nuclear). You do not want to use Dobutamine on patients at risk to go into atrial fibrillation because it is a drug that can induce it. For patients that are in chronic atrial fibrillation dobutamine can be used but is not considered to be as diagnostic as a lexiscan or adenosine stress test. The reason being (and this goes or exercise stress tests as well) dobutamine is a heart rate dependent test. This means the closer the heart rate gets to the patients age predicted max HR the more accurate the test is at detecting heart disease. The assumption in this is that the patient is in a sinus rhythm. Myocardial oxygen demand correlates directly with patients HR when the patient is in sinus rhythm. If the patient is in atrial fibrillation that correlation with myocardial oxygen demand becomes much more cloudy thus reducing the sensitivity of an exercise or dobutamine stress test with patients in atrial fibrillation. Both lexiscan and adenosine eliminate HR demands in detecting CAD which makes them the best test for a.fib patients.
How should patients be prepared for a fetal hemoglobin test?
This test requires a blood sample. The patient is not required to be in a fasting state (nothing to eat or drink for a period of hours before the test).
How should patients be prepared for a thallium heart scan?
Patients should not drink alcoholic or caffeinated beverages, smoke tobacco, or ingest other nicotine products for 24 hours before the test. These substances can affect test results. Patients should also not eat anything.
Which diagnostic procedure uses radio pharmaceutical to access the patients heart function?
Nuclear cardiac stress test
How should patients be prepared for an aldolase test?
The patient should avoid strenuous exercise and have nothing to eat or drink, except water, for eight to ten hours before this test.
What do I call an echo stress test without the use of a treadmill?
An echo stress test performed without a treadmill is commonly referred to as a "pharmacologic stress test" or "chemical stress test." In this procedure, medications are administered to simulate the effects of exercise on the heart, allowing for the assessment of cardiac function and blood flow during stress conditions. This method is often used for patients who are unable to perform physical exercise due to various medical conditions.
How should patients be prepared for an erythropoietin test?
The patient is to fast with nothing to eat or drink for at least eight hours before the test. It is also suggested that the patient lie down for 30 minutes before the test.
