Is fasting a necessary preparation for abdominal ultrasound?

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of fasting on the technical success of abdominal ultrasound examination. METHODS: In a randomized, prospective study, 150 patients for abdominal ultrasound were divided into two groups of 75 patients each with instructions to fast for six hours or have normal breakfast...

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Autores principales: Sinan, Tariq, Leven, Hans, Sheikh, Mehraj
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC183866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12873354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2342-3-1
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Leven, Hans
Sheikh, Mehraj
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Sheikh, Mehraj
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description OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of fasting on the technical success of abdominal ultrasound examination. METHODS: In a randomized, prospective study, 150 patients for abdominal ultrasound were divided into two groups of 75 patients each with instructions to fast for six hours or have normal breakfast respectively. RESULT: The technical success of the abdominal ultrasound performed by radiologists blinded to the instruction did not differ significantly between the groups. CONCLUSION: It appears that routine fasting before abdominal ultrasound is not necessary.
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spelling pubmed-1838662003-08-27 Is fasting a necessary preparation for abdominal ultrasound? Sinan, Tariq Leven, Hans Sheikh, Mehraj BMC Med Imaging Research Article OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of fasting on the technical success of abdominal ultrasound examination. METHODS: In a randomized, prospective study, 150 patients for abdominal ultrasound were divided into two groups of 75 patients each with instructions to fast for six hours or have normal breakfast respectively. RESULT: The technical success of the abdominal ultrasound performed by radiologists blinded to the instruction did not differ significantly between the groups. CONCLUSION: It appears that routine fasting before abdominal ultrasound is not necessary. BioMed Central 2003-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC183866/ /pubmed/12873354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2342-3-1 Text en Copyright © 2003 Sinan et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.
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title_short Is fasting a necessary preparation for abdominal ultrasound?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC183866/
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