urinary system exams

Question 1

what is IVU

Indication

Answer 1

Intravenous urography 
aka IVP (intravenous pyelogram)

• Series of timed images that examine the urinary system
• first image after bolus injection= Nephrogram phase
• last image= Post Void KUB

*indication: Flank pain

Question 2

what is Cystography

Indication

Answer 2

*Exam that study the lower urinary system with retrograde filling.
(urethra —>bladder –> Ureters)
*indication: vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)

Question 3

what is VCUG

Indication

Answer 3

Voiding Cystourethrography

• used in combo with cystography to examin the uretrha while voiding
• Indication: Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)

Question 4

What is a retrograde pyelography

Answer 4

Exam in which a urologist inserts a catheter in the orifice of an ureter so that contrast can be pushed up into the kidney (retrograde) .
*done during a cystoscopy

Indication: hydronephrosis

Question 5

what is OCG

Answer 5

Oral Cholecystography

* replaced by US

Question 6

What is PTC

Answer 6

Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiogram
* Exam in which a chiba needle is punctured through the abdominal wall and inserted into the biliary tree to determine medical jaundice from surgical jaundice

Question 7

What is ERCP

Answer 7

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatogram
* Exam done by a GI doctor in which an edoscope ise inserted in the mouth and down to the duodenum. A catheter is pushed into the CBD or pancreatic duct to to examine the biliary tree or pancreas. Retrograde contrast is injected.

Question 8

What is Operative cholangiogram

Answer 8

Exam that is done during surgery (cholecystoectomy)

in which a needle is inserted into the CBD or cystic duct to examine CBD and to detect stones with use of contrast.

Question 9

What is T-Tube cholangiogram

Answer 9

Exam done post surgery (cholestyectomy) to examine the patency of the CBD