Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear Medicine is the medical specialty that involves the use of radioactive isotopes in the diagnosis of various diseases. Franklin Memorial Hospital Nuclear Medicine offers all the same exams as much larger nuclear medicine facilities, including:
- Nuclear stress testing of the heart,
- Bone scanning
- Kidney scanning
- Gallbladder scanning
- Lung scanning
- Setinel Node breast exams
- Thyroid scanning
- Tumor scanning
- Infection scanning
Nuclear Medicine Hours of Operation at Franklin Memorial Hospital
Monday through Friday: 6:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Prep Instructions for Some Common Exams
| Bone Scan, 3 Phase, Limited Bone Scan |
No initial prep. Stay well hydrated and urinate frequently after the injection |
|---|---|
| NM Stress Test (Sestamibi) | No caffeine for 24 hours (chocolate, coffee, decaf coffee, soda or tea), no Beta Blockers for 24 hours (unless your physician instructs otherwise). |
| HIDA or HIDA w/ CCK (Gallbladder scan) | Nothing to eat or drink after midnight the night before, no pain medication for 6 hours. |
| Gastric Emptying | Nothing to eat or drink after midnight the night before, no Reglan for 24 hours. |
| Thyroid Scan | No prep needed. |
| Thyroid Uptake & Scan | Nothing to eat or drink after midnight the night before, nothing for 2 hours after taking the capsule, no thyroid medications for 3 weeks, no PTU for 3 days, no multivitamins for 1 week, no cabbage, turnips, greens, seafood, kelp, or large amounts of table salt for 2 days. |
| Renal with Captopril | No Captopril for 2 days, no diuretics for 1 week, no hypertensive medication for 24 hours, no contrast media for 24 hours, recent BUN and CREAT, if possible. |
