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What is a pipida scan?
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Gall bladder test: Patient injected intravenously with tc99m pipida or hida (radiotracer)The liver extracts the material from blood stream and excretes it into bile ducts, gall bladder, and bowel.(30-60 min imaging) usually when gall bladder is full,patient is injected IV with cck(hormone to contract gb) may experience some nausea and pain.Calculate % of gb emptying (60 min.Imaging) normal usually > 35% in adults
Answered 11/29/2014
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