Is fasting a necessary preparation for abdominal ultrasound?

BMC Medical Imaging

Mehraj Sheikh¹  Hans Leven²  Tariq Sinan¹ 

[1] Department of Radiology Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait;Department of Radiology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman

关键词: Quality;    Image;    Visibility;    Ultrasound;    Abdominal;   

Others  :  1126953
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2342-3-1

 received in 2003-03-16, accepted in 2003-07-22,  发布年份 2003

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

   
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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