Preparing for Your Procedure
Please refer to the instructions below to prepare for your endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), PUSH enteroscopy, single (SBE) or double (DBE) enteroscopy, 24-hour pH study If you have questions, or need to schedule or cancel your appointment, please call (310) 423-6082 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
To get ready to have this procedure, please follow the steps below:
1. Four days before your procedure, stop taking any medications that have iron, aspirin, charcoal, blood thinners (such as Coumadin, Plavix or Persantine) or NSAID (such as Advil, Motrin, Nuprin or Ibuprofen, etc.)
2. You may need to stay overnight at the hospital. Please pack an overnight bag and bring it with you.
3. From midnight before your procedure until the procedure is over, you cannot have food or anything to drink - including water.
4. Please bring a photo ID and your insurance card the day of the procedure.
5. Dress comfortably and leave valuables at home.
6. Plan to arrive at the hospital on time.
7. If you park in Parking Structure 4 (on Sherbourne Drive), the Parking Lot east of the Steven Spielberg Building or the visitor parking lots in the North or South Towers (off of George Burns Road), we will validate parking. However, we cannot validate for the East or West Medical Office Tower. There is a map that identifies Cedars-Sinai parking lots in the "About Us - Contact Us" section.
8. Please check in to the Gastro-Intestinal (GI) Endoscopy Unit in Suite 7511, on the seventh floor of the South Tower of the Medical Center.
9. You must arrange a ride to take you home after the procedure, since you will receive sedative medications and will not be allowed to drive yourself home. If you are planning to take a taxi service, a family member or friend must accompany you.
PUSH Enteroscopy
To get ready to have this procedure, please follow the steps below:
1. Four days before your procedure, stop taking any medications that have iron, aspirin, charcoal, blood thinners (such as Coumadin, Plavix or Persantine) or NSAID (such as Advil, Motrin, Nuprin or Ibuprofen, etc.)
2. You may need to stay overnight at the hospital. Please pack an overnight bag and bring it with you.
3. From midnight before your procedure until the procedure is over, you cannot have food or anything to drink - including water.
4. Please bring a photo ID and your insurance card the day of the procedure.
5. Dress comfortably and leave valuables at home.
6. Plan to arrive at the hospital on time.
7. If you park in Parking Structure 4 (on Sherbourne Drive), the Parking Lot east of the Steven Spielberg Building or the visitor parking lots in the North or South Towers (off of George Burns Road), we will validate parking. However, we cannot validate for the East or West Medical Office Tower. There is a map that identifies Cedars-Sinai parking lots in the "About Us - Contact Us" section.
8. Please check in to the Gastro-Intestinal (GI) Endoscopy Unit in Suite 7511, on the seventh floor of the South Tower of the Medical Center.
9. You must arrange a ride to take you home after the procedure, since you will receive sedative medications and will not be allowed to drive yourself home. If you are planning to take a taxi service, a family member or friend must accompany you.
SINGLE (SBE) and DOUBLE (DBE) Enteroscopy
To get ready to have this procedure, please follow the steps below:
1. Four days before your procedure, stop taking any medications that have iron, aspirin, charcoal, blood thinners (such as Coumadin, Plavix or Persantine) or NSAID (such as Advil, Motrin, Nuprin or Ibuprofen, etc.)
2. You may need to stay overnight at the hospital. Please pack an overnight bag and bring it with you.
3. From midnight before your procedure until the procedure is over, you cannot have food or anything to drink - including water.
4. Please bring a photo ID and your insurance card the day of the procedure.
5. Dress comfortably and leave valuables at home.
6. Plan to arrive at the hospital on time.
7. If you park in Parking Structure 4 (on Sherbourne Drive), the Parking Lot east of the Steven Spielberg Building or the visitor parking lots in the North or South Towers (off of George Burns Road), we will validate parking. However, we cannot validate for the East or West Medical Office Tower. There is a map that identifies Cedars-Sinai parking lots in the "About Us - Contact Us" section.
8. Please check in to the Gastro-Intestinal (GI) Endoscopy Unit in Suite 7511, on the seventh floor of the South Tower of the Medical Center.
9. You must arrange a ride to take you home after the procedure, since you will receive sedative medications and will not be allowed to drive yourself home. If you are planning to take a taxi service, a family member or friend must accompany you.
