Report to Hospital GI Lab on __________________at ____________am/pm
Park in the “North”
parking deck. Take the elevator to the bridge level BR). Sign will say “Bridge
to Hospital”. Get off at the “bridge” level; Walk over the glassed in covered
bridge.
Turn right and then
left. Look for sign to GI Lab. Check in at the window when you enter the GI Lab.
You will be registered there.
IF YOUR STUDY IS IN
THE MORNING: You should have nothing to eat or drink after midnight.
IF YOUR STUDY IS IN
THE AFTERNOON: You should have
nothing to eat or drink after midnight. The morning of your test you may have
liquids only, but not after 8:00 am.
YOU SHOULD TAKE
YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEDICATIONS WITH WATER UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED.
NOTE FOR DIABETIC
PATIENTS: You will need to be
scheduled with an early morning appointment. Please advise the doctor managing your diabetic care that you are having this
test.
Your medication may be changed in preparation for this test.
Continue all antacid
medications such as Zantac, Pepcid, Tagamet, Axid, Prolosec, Prevacid, Protonix. Aciphex or Nexium. You should take all
other regularly scheduled medications with water unless otherwise directed.
Please notify your Physician if you are taking Coumadin.
For the Esophageal Motility Study, a catheter will be placed
through your nose into your esophagus. Pressures will be measured in your
esophagus for about 20 minutes. Depending on the indication for this procedure,
and after discussing the situation with your physician, we may do additional
studies in order to obtain more information from this test.
For the 48 hour pH study, a
small catheter containing a probe about the size of a Tylenol gel cap will be
placed through the nose. Using a small amount of suction, the probe will be
attached to the inside of the esophagus. The catheter inserted through the nose
will be removed. The probe will transmit information to a pager size receiver
that is worn on the wrist for 48 hours. The receiver will be returned 48 hours
later at the designated time. It is very
important that the receiver be returned to the GI Lab promptly at the
designated time. Several days after the study, the probe naturally detaches
from the esophagus and passes through the digestive tract.
If you have any questions regarding these instructions,
please feel free to call your physician or the Piedmont GI Lab at 404-605-3462.
The results of this study will reach your physician’s office in 7 10 days.
This is a safe,
simple and well tolerated study.
