Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 The UGI is done by having you swallow a liquid called barium. They can then see the outline of your stomach and how the barium flows into your intestines. Arterial blood gases is blood drawn from the artery in your wrist to determine how well oxygenated your blood is. The pulmonary function tests involve you breathing into all kinds of machines, takes about 2 hours, to determine the health of your lungs. At USC if you are able you do the treadmill, if you can't they induce your heart to pump faster with drugs instead. > Hi , thanks for responding! > > How was the upper GI test done? Also the full > pulmonary function tests, arterial blood gases and the > liver test? > > Thanks, > dee > > p.s. Was the treadmill thing hard? How long did it > last? I think I'd have a heart attack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 In a message dated 9/4/01 10:03:32 PM, duodenalswitch writes: << > I just realized I haven't seen a response to this > yet... C'mon, someone please let us pre-ops know what > to expect. >> You really should inquire at your surgeon's office and they should provide a handout of information since each surgeon varies on this. At Mt. Sinai, NYC we were required to have a nutritional and psych consult, a pre-op endoscopy (to rule out h-pylori bacteria and diagnose potential hiatus hernias or other abnormalities). We also had to do a bunch of bloodwork including a liver panel, endocrine studies (to rule out thyroid problems, I guess). I think that's it as far as I can remember now... Then, with pre-admissions testing we had an EKG, more bloodwork, a chest x-ray and brief consult with a physician and anesthesiologist. all the best, lap ds with gallbladder removal January 25, 2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 In a message dated 9/4/01 11:27:58 PM, duodenalswitch writes: << I'm not sure but I think that means drinking a gallon of something like go litely which makes you go and go and go and goooooooooooo until you are pooing clear liquid. >> Oh, about the bowel prep: Some surgeons do not require it. I only had to refrain from eating/drinking anything from midnight on the night before surgery. all the best, lap ds with gallbladder removal January 25, 2001 Dr. Gagner/Mt. Sinai/NYC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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