What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Pregnancy. A kidney scan is not usually done
during pregnancy because the radiation could damage the developing baby ().
- Being dehydrated.
- Barium and bismuth. If a kidney scan is needed, it should be done
before any tests that use barium (such as a
).
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- An
or abdominal
done within 24 hours of
a kidney scan. The
used in these scans may affect
kidney function.
- The inability to remain still during the test.