Test and Procedure Information
Tests and Procedures
The following brochures can help you prepare for specific diagnostic tests. They also highlight what you can expect during the test and any needed follow-up care. Links are to PDF documents.
A
- Ablation of Solid Tumors
- Angiogram/Arteriogram
- Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)
- Arterial Vascular Ultrasound Exams
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closure
- Autonomic Testing
B
- Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty
- Barium Swallow Study Modified
- Bartholin's Cyst Drainage Aftercare Instructions
- Bland Embolization
- Bone Mineral Density
- Bone Scan
- Bone Scan: Triple Phase
- Breath Test Nuclear Medicine
- Bronchodilator Response
C
- Car Seat Challenge Test
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Catheterization Lab Procedures: After Hospital Care
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Stress Test ALine Insertion After-Hospital Care
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Stress Testing
- Cardioversion
- Carotid Vertebral Duplex Scan
- Cervical Ripening Balloon (CRIB) Placement
- Chemoembolization
- Chemoembolization (2)
- Chemotherapy Medications
- Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion
- Cold Stimulation
- Colonoscopy
- Computerized Tomography (CT)
- Cryoablation
- CT Low-Dose During Pregnancy
- Cystoscopy
D
- Diffusing Capacity (DLCO)
- Dilation and Curettage (D&C) Aftercare Instructions
- Duplex Scan: Abdominal Iliac Mesenteric Renal Vascular Ultrasound Exams
E
- Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
- Electromyography (EMG)
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Electroencephalogram - Ambulatory (EEG)
- Electrophysiology Study
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography ERCP Illustration Only
- Endoscopic Ultrasound EUS Illustration Only
- Evoked Potential Test (EP)
- Exercise Cardiac Perfusion Study: Nuclear Cardiology
G
- Gamma Knife® Radiosurgery
- Gamma Knife® Radiosurgery for AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation)
- Gastric Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy G-POEM (Illustration)
- Gated Blood Pool Study
H
I
- Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Retrieval with the Endovascular Laser Sheath
- Inferior Vena Cava Placement
- Inferior Vena Cava Retrieval
- Intracavitary Implants: Self-care Guide
- Intrauterine Device (IUD) Insertion Aftercare Instructions
- IV Contrast Dye: Allergy Preparation
L
M
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mammogram, After Your
- Metformin and Tests Requiring IV Iodine
- Methacholine Challenge (Aerosol)
- Moderate Sedation for Endoscopy
- Moderate Sedation for Gynecologic Procedures
- Moderate Sedation in Interventional Radiology
- Muscle Force Testing
N
O
P
- Paracentesis
- Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
- Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
- Perineal Cyst Removal Drainage Aftercare Instructions
- Pharmacologic Cardiac Perfusion Imaging: Nuclear Cardiology
- Portal Vein
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET/CT) Scan
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET/CT) Scan for the Brain
- Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE)
- Pulmonary Function Test (Full PFT)
- Pulse Oximetry
Q
R
- Radiation Exposure
- Radioembolization
- Radiofrequency Ablation (Cardiac)
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RF) for Atrial Fibrillation
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Red Cell Mass and Plasma Volume Test
- Regular Treadmill Exercise Stress Test
- Renal Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) Scan
- Renal Scan
- Renal Scan with Lasix
- Right Heart Catheterization
S
- Spirometry (Flow Volume Loop)
- Sputum Induction (Aerosol)
- Stent: After Procedure
- Stress Echocardiogram
- Stress Echocardiogram Pharmacologic
T
- Thoracentesis
- Thyroid Scan I-123
- Thyroid Scan Technetium
- Transcatheter Mitral Valve Procedure After Hospital Care
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Procedure: After Hospital Care
- Transcranial Doppler (TCD)
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
- Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)
- Triple Phase Bone Scan