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| I had an IVU today having had a number of Urinary Tract Infections in quick
succession. After the dye was injected I was expecting a number of X-rays
to be taken over the next hour or so. One X-ray was taken and examined, and
the test terminated - I was sent on my way. It will be one or two weeks
before I hear the results, but I am puzzled. Is it usual/common practice to
only take one X-ray after the dye is injected. What sort of reasons would
there be for not taking further X-rays.
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David
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| could be a number of things, but without knowing your history or other
things that happened during the procedure, i really couldn't say.
could be anything from kidney stone, renal mass, unecessary procedure,
equipment failure, anything.
Chris RT(R)(CT)
David wrote:
> I had an IVU today having had a number of Urinary Tract Infections in quick
> succession. After the dye was injected I was expecting a number of X-rays
> to be taken over the next hour or so. One X-ray was taken and examined, and
> the test terminated - I was sent on my way. It will be one or two weeks
> before I hear the results, but I am puzzled. Is it usual/common practice to
> only take one X-ray after the dye is injected. What sort of reasons would
> there be for not taking further X-rays.
> --
> David
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| Thanks Chris. I realise it is difficult to speculate, but it is now two
weeks since the test and I am unable to get any information at this stage,
so it leaves me somewhat concerned. I'm assuming that if it was equipment
failure they would have explained that to me.at the time.
The radiologist would not have had much more information that I gave. 64
year old male. I have had 4 or 5 urinary tract infections in the space of
about 3 months. Each is accompanied by haematuria and proteinuria. This was
intended as a preliminary test so that when I get to see a urologist we may
be able to save time.
I don't understand what they could see on the first X-Ray that would make
subsequebt X-rays unnecessary. I guess I'm asking whether it is common
practice to stop after the first X-ray. If kidney stones were seen, would
this render the remainder of the test unnecessary?
OK what is bothering me is that I can see that they would stop if they saw a
renal mass, but but can't see why they would stop if they saw kidney stones.
I'm looking for reassurance so that I can sleep better until the results
come through!
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David
"smurf" <cxb25@gunet.georgetown.edu> wrote in message
news:1157392049.160496.305350@74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> could be a number of things, but without knowing your history or other
> things that happened during the procedure, i really couldn't say.
>
> could be anything from kidney stone, renal mass, unecessary procedure,
> equipment failure, anything.
>
> Chris RT(R)(CT)
>
> David wrote:
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| if it's been two weeks, your doctor should already have some kind of
result. i would highly recomend you talking with him first, and
explain your concern. unfortunately without being there and physically
look at the film, i really couldn't tell you more.
if your doctor can't explain why, have him give the radiologist a call.
during ivp's (or ivu's, same thing) a radiologist must be consulted
before the procedure is started. usually, (at the hospitals i've
worked at) the radiologist will come and introduce themselves, unless
you're at a very high volume facility. even still, there should be a
radiologist involved.
that's the best way i can think of for getting you some answers
Chris
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| SBC MoGuy 2006-09-06, 4:27 pm |
| Can't help you much with IVU's as I have not done one in ages, I strictly
perform Computed Tomography (CT) exams these days.
Remember that this is YOUR TEST. You have every right to get a copy of the
results. If your ordering physician is not getting these results to you,
then contact the medical records department at the facility the exam was
done at. They should happily provide you with a copy at your request.
Most of the report will probably not make sense to you as it containts alot
of technical stuff that doesn't mean much to you. At the bottom of the
report, there should be a brief summary that recaps the significant findings
of the exam, you should be able to figure something out with that.
Good luck! & let us know how things turn out.
Mike
"David" <merrywobs@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cImdnVowHeXNUHHZnZ2dnUVZ8sidnZ2d@bt.com...
>I had an IVU today having had a number of Urinary Tract Infections in quick
>succession. After the dye was injected I was expecting a number of X-rays
>to be taken over the next hour or so. One X-ray was taken and examined, and
>the test terminated - I was sent on my way. It will be one or two weeks
>before I hear the results, but I am puzzled. Is it usual/common practice to
>only take one X-ray after the dye is injected. What sort of reasons would
>there be for not taking further X-rays.
> --
> David
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| Thanks Mike,
Finally got the test results. All clear. Do they realise they could have
saved me two weeks anguish by coming in and telling me they were terminating
the test because everything looked fine. Oh well.
Still begs the question as to what the blood and ptotein are doing in my
blood, and why I get repeated u t infections. But presumably they've ruled
out all the nasties.
Thanks for the help.
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David
"SBC MoGuy" <moguy636@swbell.net> wrote in message
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> Can't help you much with IVU's as I have not done one in ages, I strictly
> perform Computed Tomography (CT) exams these days.
>
> Remember that this is YOUR TEST. You have every right to get a copy of
> the results. If your ordering physician is not getting these results to
> you, then contact the medical records department at the facility the exam
> was done at. They should happily provide you with a copy at your request.
>
> Most of the report will probably not make sense to you as it containts
> alot of technical stuff that doesn't mean much to you. At the bottom of
> the report, there should be a brief summary that recaps the significant
> findings of the exam, you should be able to figure something out with
> that.
>
> Good luck! & let us know how things turn out.
>
> Mike
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> "David" <merrywobs@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cImdnVowHeXNUHHZnZ2dnUVZ8sidnZ2d@bt.com...
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