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The hospital told me to bring anything that doesn't have to be prepared to a gastric emptying study what type of food should i bring?

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Dr. Laurence Badgley answered

Specializes in General Practice

Probably none: The study personnel have a set procedure and would have told you if they wanted you to bring food. They will probably have their own substances they use and have you swallow.

Answered 3/31/2013

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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

Standard meal: According to standards of society of nuclear medicine 4 oz eggbeaters or an equivalent generic liquid egg white, two slices of toasted white bread ; 30 g of jam or jelly and 4 oz of water. The isotope is cooked with eggs until firm in microwave.Different laboratories have different standards for performing test. You should ask how reliable test is with the laboratory you are using.

Answered 12/10/2013

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Dr. Fidias De Leon answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

I would say none: The food needed for a proper study is a standardized meal prepared and mixed with radioactive tracers by the nuclear medicine technologist. I have not heard of patients bringing food to the imaging center. They should provide meal.

Answered 4/1/2013

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None.: Unless you are allergic to several types of food, in which case you have to let the department of nuclear medicine know about it, gastric emptying studies are performed with a very standardized meal containing a small quantity of radioactive material. The meals must be standardized because the normal values of gastric emtying have been derived from these typical meals.

Answered 1/5/2019

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