Please bring along the letter or request form from a physician requesting for the particular examination.

Also, for easy identification, bring along your identity card or passport. This will also assist to expedite the registration process.

For follow-up cases, it is necessary to have previous x-ray films in order for the radiologist to compare and report on the progress of the condition.

The preparation of each individual examination in this category is different. Please refer to your specific examination preparation.

Preparation for children and infants may differ from adults. Please call the clinic for specific instructions.

If you have any history of allergy or asthma, please do not hesitate to inform the radiographer/nurse or radiologist attending to you.

At the clinic, you may be asked to change into an x-ray gown and to remove jewellery or ornaments which may obscure the region that is being x-rayed.

Female patients will be asked to certify that they are not pregnant. If there is any possibility of pregnancy, this should be brought to the attention of the physician or radiographer or nurse attending to you.

An informed consent for the procedure is necessary. If the patient is below the legal age of consent, an accompanying adult who is a legal guardian is necessary.

INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAM

Patient is positioned on the x-ray table and some control x-ray images of the abdomen and kidneys are taken. A contrast agent is injected intravenously. After which a series of x-rays will be taken of the urinary system. The abdomen is slightly compressed to keep the contrast in the kidneys while images are taken. It will be released once the kidneys are visualised and contrast is tracked down the ureters and into the bladder.

The x-ray examination is not painful although the compression could be uncomfortable. As in photograph taking, any movement during exposure will render the image unclear. Thus patient may be asked to stop breathing and moving for the duration of the exposure which is a few seconds.

As contrast material is introduced by way of an injection, the patient may feel a sting from the needle prick. Some people report a flushing feeling during the contrast agent injection but this will disappear within a minute or two. There is no cause for alarm.

The examination will take about 30 to 40 minutes. After the procedure, patient will be asked to wait while the x-ray is being processed and checked to be in order.

Please prepare to be at the clinic for at least an hour. In cases when follow up images are required, the procedure time could be longer.

When will the results be ready?