GI Exam Review

It is normal to have activity in the esophagus after swallowing past 10 seconds.

In scanning the patient, the tech sees the gallbladder at 60 minutes. What should the next step be?

To calculate an ejection fraction for HIDA scans, the following should be given:

Chewing and churning are considered

The patient's head is is what position for a salivary gland scan?

A patient has 20 minutes to eat their gastric emptying meal.

The right and left hepatic ducts join to form the common bile duct.

Hepatocytes make up the

When performing a SPECT liver/spleen study with sulfur colloid, the technologist should begin scanning immediately.

Which radiopharmaceutical is used for Meckel's diverticulum imaging?

Seeing the trachea, esophagus, and stomach, can be normal on

A pediatric patient prone to pneumonia could be evaluated for what disorder with a gastric emptying study?

GI bleeds require the patient to be fasting.

What food would have the longest gastric emptying time?

What will make the salivary gland excrete its contents the most?

The blood supply exits the liver through the:

What population is most likely to have delayed gastric emptying?

The prep for a gastric emptying study include(s)

A metastatic lesion would appear as what on a liver Sulfur Colloid Scan?

Eating before a HIDA scan causes

Morphine given during a HIDA scan can

Using Choletec, neonatal hepatits eventually empties into the bowel and biliary atresia does not.

What disorder/disease has immediate uptake of the lesion with washout in the delay on a hemangioma scan?

Normal biodistribution in the liver/spleen post injection of sulfur colloid is

Lower GI bleeds are the most difficult to diagnose.

Barrett's esophagus is where the esophagus has columnar epithelium rather than squamous epithelium

Paralysis of the stomach causing slow gastric emptying and esophageal reflux

No activity on spleen imaging can be caused by

A positive Meckel's scan will appear as

A normal hemangioma study would have which of the following appearances?

A HIDA scan looks at:

The best tag, albeit not practical, for a gastric emptying study is

What anatomical structure can cause a false positive rectal bleed?

Which of the following do not promote uptake of TcO4- in a Meckel's diverticulum containing ectopic gastric mucosa?

Reasons for a delayed emptying study include

The best advantage of a dynamic gastric study is

Hepatocellur disease can cause the liver to have a lower target to background ratio.

The radiopharmaceutical utilized in Barrett's esophageal imaging is

Liver dysfunction will cause significant bone marrow uptake.

Which of the following prevents the release of pertechnetate from gastric mucosa, thus prolonging Meckel's uptake

Elevated serum bilirubin levels cause decreased target to background ratios.

The rate of the hepatic release of the tagged colloid represents

Liquid gastric emptying can be obtained at the same time as a solid, if you utilize what radiopharmaceutical?

Which of the following are included in the Rule of 2's for Meckel's Diverticulum?

Meckel's follows the rules of

HIDA Scans on pediatric patients are normally performed to

Cystic duct obstruction will cause:

Which of the following can cause delayed emptying of the gallbladder?

Sulfur Colloid is more sensitive in determining GI Bleeding than Tagged RBC.

A tech can pretreat a HIDA patient with phenobarbital if they have been NPO longer than 24 hrs to help the GB appear.

Which of the following are reasons there would be a decrease in gastric emptying time?

Morphine sulfate can be given for HIDA imaging to distinguish between:

Morphine causes:

Bile is produced by the:

What two radiopharmaceuticals are used for a dual liquid and solid emptying study?

The temperature of eggs in Fahrenheit for a gastric emptying study should be:

Cholecystokinin relaxes the gallbladder.

What is the dose for a hemangioma scan?

What Radiopharmacueticals are used to image a GI bleed?