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Liver and Gallbladder - Ejection Fraction
Patient Information

Exam preparation
 

This is a functional test, therefore your cooperation in the preparation is very important.

  You can have NOTHING by mouth for 4 hours prior to your appointment time.  If you have had nothing except water for greater than 24 hours, please notify our appointment desk at 503.561.5293.
  You must not take any of the following narcotics for at least 4 hours prior to your appointment time: Morphine, codeine, darvon, darvocet, demerol, dilaudid, herion, longtabs, methadone, percocet or percodan.
  To perform this exam, we must give you a small amount of radioactive materials.  Tell your doctor if you might be pregnant, if you are pregnant, or if you are a nursing mother.