Health Check Guideline
Health Check Guideline
Please do not wear Contact lens
Fasting for Laboratory Examination
- No drinking and eating for six to eight hours prior to examination.
Pap Smear Test (Female Only)
- Avoid intravaginal drugs for one week prior to examination.
- Avoid douching and sexual intercourse for one day prior to
examination.
- It should not be done during menstrual period.
- Dress yourself in casual clothing.
Urine Test (Female Only)
- It should not be done during menstrual period.
Ultrasound of Pelvis / Prostate / Flow Rate
- Drink a lot of water until you have full bladder thirty minutes prior to
examination.
Flow Rate
- Drink a lot of water until you have full bladder thirty minutes prior to
examination.
Ultrasound of Upper Abdomen
- Fasting for six to eight hours prior to examination.
Ultrasound of whole Abdomen
- Fasting for six hours prior to examination.
- Drink a lot of water until you have full bladder thirty minutes prior to
examination.
Mammography
- Avoid any deodorant lotion and powder prior to examination.
X-Ray / Contrast Studies / Computed Tomography / PET-CT / MRI
- Please inform our staff with confirmed / suspected Pregnancy.
Intravenous Urography
- Fasting for four hours prior to examination.
- Must empty bladder before examination.
- Please inform our staff if you have asthma, diabetes mellitus or other
allergies.
- For diabetes patient requiring medication, please consult the referral
clinician and inform our staff for the adjustment of insulin dosage and
Metformin if necessary.
Computed Tomography
- Contrast / Abdomen Scan – Fasting for six to eight hours prior to
examination.
- Please inform our staff if you have asthma, diabetes mellitus or other
allergies.
- Abdomen Scan – Oral contrast (provided by our centre) may be
required for certain examinations, please consult our staff in the centre
if you have any problems.
- For diabetes patient requiring medication, please consult the referral
clinician concerned for the adjustment of insulin dosage and
Metformin if necessary.
Treadmill Exercise ECG
- Dress yourself in casual clothing, preferably in sports wear and
running shoes.
- Do not apply lotions, oils or powders to the chest area.
- Do not eat too much prior to examination.
- Please inform our staff when booking appointment if you are under
anyregular medications.
Urodynamic studies
- All sedatives, cholinergics and anticholinergics should be
discontinued as doctor's order procedure.
- Empty bowel or use laxatives as required.
Cystoscopy
- Light breakfast or snack is allowed on the examination day.
- Due to sedation effect, it is essential to have someone to accompany
you home and not to drive or operate any machinery after the
examination.
- You are advised not to have any make up or nail polish for it may
interfere our medical observations.
Gastroscopy
- Patient should keep fasting for six hours before the examination.
- Due to sedation effect, it is essential to have someone to accompany
you home and not to drive or operate any machinery after the
examination.
- Please register at our clinic 15 mins prior to the examination.
- You are advised not to have any make up or nail polish for it may
interfere our medical abservations.
Colonoscopy
- Notes before Colonoscopy:
- Four days before examination, all drugs containing iron and cellulose,
such as Metamucil etc. should be discontinued.
- One day before examination, liquid diet only. For example: soap,
congee, soy milk etc.
- For the diabetic patients, please do not taking hypoglycemic drugs and
insulin injections on the test day.
- Please consult your doctor before the examination regarding about
method of taking oral laxative
- Notes after Colonoscopy:
- Due to sedation effect, it is essential to have someone to accompany
you home after the examination.
Note: Please bring your previous films and report for reference.
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