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  • The Washington University Cyclotron Facility and Nuclear Pharmacy is expanding! We have immediate openings for several positions and welcome all qualified personnel to apply. I've included the links below and would happily answer any questions you might ...

  • Hello dear There are reports about different reasons for stomach sestamibi uptake but I think the main reason is to prevent stomach upset, especially following stress (exercise or pharmaceutical) Best Regards M. Eftekhari MD Sent from my iPhone

  • Michael, We have started having our patients eat breakfast. Anything is fine. No caffeine of course. The nausea and vomiting has almost halted completely. It is even better if they eat after each injection before the images. Our gastric uptake ...

  • Michael, I agree with you. Although the occurrence is low, the potential of nausea and vomiting from the various stress medicines used is why we recommend NPO prior to the nuclear stress test. There is no uptake of the technetium based cardiac radiotracers ...

  • Hi Michael, Our patient instructions include withholding meals to decrease nausea and vomiting with lexiscan and reduce the chance of accidental caffeine uptake. After checking the PI and speaking with our physicians and rep, we found no counterindication ...

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