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AN AFFILIATE OF Marian PET/CT Center Patient Information Sheet Appointment Date: ___________________________________________________________________ Appointment Time: _______________________________________________ Please follow these instructions: • Do not eat or drink anything four to six hours before your exam. Eating or drinking anything (besides water) could potentially interfere with your imaging results. Water is allowed; please arrive fully hydrated. • Please do not schedule any appointments for six hours after this test. This includes lab draws; if you need lab work please have it done PRIOR to your PET Scan. • Please take any prescribed medications unless instructed by your physician not to. • No gum or mints 24 hours before exam. • Avoid strenuous exercise or activity 24 hours before your exam. If you are claustrophobic, please notify the Marian PET/CT Center at (805) 346-3470. Eat a low carbohydrate or no carbohydrate diet the evening before your exam. It is recommended to eat meat, nuts, vegetables, and/or eggs the evening before the exam. Do not consume bread, rice, pasta, cereal, beans, fruit, tortillas or sugar drinks the night before the exam. • Do not wear anything metallic (e.g., underwire bras, belts, zippers or buttons). • Please notify the Marian PET/CT Center staff if you might be pregnant or are currently breast feeding. What should I expect when I arrive? • When you arrive, we will take a review of your history and any past exams. • For the PET portion of the exam, you will receive an injec- tion of radioactive material similar to that which is used for bone scans and other nuclear medicine exams. PET radiopharmaceuticals lose their radioactivity very quickly and only very small amounts are injected. In all cases, the majority of radioactivity will be eliminated from the body approximately six hours after injection. • For most tests, you will have to wait for the radiopharmaceu- tical to distribute itself throughout your body, which typical- ly takes 30 minutes to an hour. During this time you will be asked to relax. • During the exam, you will lie very still on a table that will move slowly through the scanner as it acquires the informa- tion needed to generate diagnostic images. How long will all this take? • The PET/CT scan should last between 20 and 45 minutes. The exam procedure can vary depending on what we are looking for and what we discover along the way. Plan to spend one to three hours with us. What happens after the exam? • Unless you’ve received special instructions, you will be able to eat and drink immediately; drinking lots of fluids soon after the exam will help remove any of the radiopharmaceu- tical that may still be in your system. • Results of your exam will be made available to your physician the following business day. Safety of PET/CT exams • Be assured that PET/CT exams are safe and effective diagnostic procedures. The radiopharmaceuticals used in PET exams does not remain in your system long. However, to be extra safe avoid close contact with others, especially children and pregnant women, four hours after your exam.

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Page 1: Marian PET/CT Center Patient Information Sheetmissionhopecancercenter.com/assets/information-sheet-for-petct... · su tomografía por emisión de positrones (PET scan). • Por favor

AN AFFILIATE OF

Marian PET/CT Center Patient Information Sheet

Appointment Date: ___________________________________________________________________ Appointment Time: _______________________________________________

Please follow these instructions:• Do not eat or drink anything four to six hours before your

exam. Eating or drinking anything (besides water) could potentially interfere with your imaging results. Water is allowed; please arrive fully hydrated.

• Please do not schedule any appointments for six hours after this test. This includes lab draws; if you need lab work please have it done PRIOR to your PET Scan.

• Please take any prescribed medications unless instructed by your physician not to.

• No gum or mints 24 hours before exam. • Avoid strenuous exercise or activity 24 hours before your

exam.• If you are claustrophobic, please notify the Marian PET/CT

Center at (805) 346-3470.• Eat a low carbohydrate or no carbohydrate diet the evening

before your exam. It is recommended to eat meat, nuts, vegetables, and/or eggs the evening before the exam. Do not consume bread, rice, pasta, cereal, beans, fruit, tortillas or sugar drinks the night before the exam.

• Do not wear anything metallic (e.g., underwire bras, belts, zippers or buttons).

• Please notify the Marian PET/CT Center staff if you might be pregnant or are currently breast feeding.

What should I expect when I arrive?• When you arrive, we will take a review of your history and

any past exams.• For the PET portion of the exam, you will receive an injec-

tion of radioactive material similar to that which is used for bone scans and other nuclear medicine exams. PET

radiopharmaceuticals lose their radioactivity very quickly and only very small amounts are injected. In all cases, the majority of radioactivity will be eliminated from the body approximately six hours after injection.

• For most tests, you will have to wait for the radiopharmaceu-tical to distribute itself throughout your body, which typical-ly takes 30 minutes to an hour. During this time you will be asked to relax.

• During the exam, you will lie very still on a table that will move slowly through the scanner as it acquires the informa-tion needed to generate diagnostic images.

How long will all this take?• The PET/CT scan should last between 20 and 45 minutes.

The exam procedure can vary depending on what we are looking for and what we discover along the way. Plan to spend one to three hours with us.

What happens after the exam?• Unless you’ve received special instructions, you will be able

to eat and drink immediately; drinking lots of fluids soon after the exam will help remove any of the radiopharmaceu-tical that may still be in your system.

• Results of your exam will be made available to your physician the following business day.

Safety of PET/CT exams• Be assured that PET/CT exams are safe and effective

diagnostic procedures. The radiopharmaceuticals used in PET exams does not remain in your system long. However, to be extra safe avoid close contact with others, especially children and pregnant women, four hours after your exam.

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AN AFFILIATE OF

Hoja informativa para el paciente del Centro PET/CT* de Marian

Fecha de la cita: ________________________________________________________________________ Hora de la cita: _______________________________________________________

Por favor siga las siguientes instrucciones:• No coma o beba ningún alimento entre 4 y 6 horas antes de

su examen. Comer o beber cualquier cosa (además de agua) podría potencialmente interferir con los resultados de sus imágenes. Tomar agua está permitido; por favor asista a su cita completamente hidratado.

• Por favor no haga ninguna cita durante las seis horas después del examen. Esto incluye pruebas de laboratorio; si usted necesita exámenes de laboratorio por favor hágalos ANTES de su tomografía por emisión de positrones (PET scan).

• Por favor tome cualquier medicamento que tenga prescrito a menos que su médico indique lo contrario.

• No use goma de mascar/chicle o mentas en las 24 horas anteriores a su examen.

• Evite realizar actividades o ejercicios extenuantes en las 24 horas anteriores a su examen.

• Si es claustrofóbico, por favor notifique al Centro de PET/CT de Marian al (805) 346-3470.

• Consuma una dieta baja en o sin carbohidratos en la cena antes del examen. La noche anterior al examen se recomienda comer carne, nueces, vegetales y/o huevos. No coma pan, arroz, pasta/fideos, cereales, granos, frutas, tortillas o bebidas azucaradas la noche antes del examen.

• No use nada metálico (por ejemplo, sostenes con soportes de metal, cinturones, cierres/cremalleras o botones).

• Por favor notifique al Centro PET/CT de Marian si sospecha que puede estar embarazada o si esta amamantando a su bebé.

¿Qué debo esperar cuando llegue?• Cuando llegue revisaremos su historial y cualquier examen

anterior.

• Para la parte de la PET del examen usted recibirá una inyec-ción de material radioactivo similar al que se usa en las tomo grafías óseas y otros exámenes de medicina nuclear. Los radiofármacos utilizados en las PET pierden la radioactividad rápidamente y sólo se inyectan cantidades muy pequeñas. En cualquier caso, el cuerpo eliminará la mayoría de la radioac-tividad aproximadamente seis horas después de la inyección.

• Para la mayoría de los exámenes, usted tendrá que esperar a que el radiofármaco se distribuya por sí mismo por todo su cuerpo. Esto típicamente toma entre 30 minutos y una hora. Durante este tiempo se le pedirá que se relaje.

• Durante el examen, usted yacerá muy quieto sobre una camilla que se moverá lentamente a través del escáner a medida que adquiere la información necesaria para generar las imágenes diagnósticas.

¿Cuánto tomará todo esto?• El examen PET/CT debería durar entre 20 y 45 minutos. El

procedimiento del examen puede variar dependiendo de lo que estemos buscando y lo que descubramos mientras lo hace-mos. Planifique estar entre 1 y 3 horas con nosotros.

¿Qué sucede después del examen?• A menos que haya recibido instrucciones especiales, usted será

capaz de comer y beber de inmediato; beber bastantes líquidos inmediatamente después del examen le ayudará a remover cualquier radiofármaco que todavía quede en su cuerpo.

• Los resultados del examen estarán disponibles para su médico al siguiente día laboral.

La seguridad de los exámenes PET/CT• Tenga la seguridad de que los exámenes PET/CT son procedi-

mientos de diagnóstico seguros y efectivos. Los radiofárma-cos utilizados en exámenes PET no se quedan en su cuerpo por mucho tiempo. Sin embargo, como medida adicional de seguridad evite el contacto con otros, especialmente niños y mujeres embarazadas, hasta 4 horas después del examen.

*PET: Tomografía por emisión de positrones, TEP CT: Tomografía computarizada, TC