Patient instructions laboratories and imaging

This page contains patient instructions for laboratory and imaging examinations.

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Laboratories

X-ray

General radiographic examination(pdf 189.77 KB) Urinary tract radiography, follow-up examination(pdf 152.14 KB) X-ray examinations of the teeth and jaws(pdf 212.27 KB) X-ray of the dentition or jaws in Park Hospital(pdf 189.4 KB)

Colonography for a child in New Childrens Hospital(pdf 101.46 KB) Colonography in South Karelia Central Hospital(pdf 230.64 KB) Defecography in Hyvinkää hospital(pdf 136.94 KB) Defecography in South Karelia Central Hospital(pdf 156.26 KB) Gastrointestinal transit time(pdf 225.68 KB) Home-care instructions for a PTC drain(pdf 286.97 KB) Imaging of a childs H-type tracheo-esofageal fistula with contrast medium in New Childrens Hospital(pdf 186.11 KB) Imaging of a childs rectum with contrast medium in New Childrens Hospital(pdf 99.71 KB) Imaging of a childs rectum with contrast medium in South Karelia Central Hospital(pdf 100.88 KB) Imaging of a childs small intestine with contrast medium in New Childrens Hospital(pdf 185.29 KB) Imaging of a fistula with contrast medium(pdf 206.13 KB) Imaging of the bladder with contrast medium for a child in New Childrens Hospital(pdf 212.64 KB) Imaging of the bladder with contrast medium for a child in South Karelia Central Hospital(pdf 213.4 KB) Imaging of the esophagus and pharynx with contrast medium(pdf 208.57 KB) Imaging of the urinary bladder and urethra with contrast medium(pdf 143.8 KB) Inserting a catheter into the kidney(pdf 160.89 KB) Palate function examination for a child in New Childrens Hospital(pdf 101.54 KB) Replacing a kidney catheter(pdf 147.61 KB) Swallowing examination(pdf 204.77 KB) Swallowing examination for a child in New Childrens Hospital(pdf 184.63 KB)

MRI safety questionnaire

A MRI safety questionnaire(pdf 222.83 KB)

Patients instructions

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)(pdf 215.01 KB) Magnetic resonance imaging for a child(pdf 138.14 KB) MRI defecography(pdf 132.69 KB) MRI examination of a small child (under 6 months) without anaesthesia(pdf 214.52 KB) MRI examination of adults under anaesthesia at Kymenlaakso Central Hospital(pdf 138.1 KB) MRI examination of adults under anaesthesia at South Carelia Central Hospital(pdf 218.72 KB) MRI examination of children under anaesthesia at Hyvinkää Hospital(pdf 210.55 KB) MRI examination of children under anaesthesia at Kymenlaakso Central Hospital(pdf 215.62 KB) MRI examination of children under anaesthesia at South Carelia Central Hospital(pdf 220.42 KB) MRI examination of the joint(pdf 135.23 KB) MRI examination of the penis(pdf 137.08 KB) MRI examination of the rectum(pdf 229.48 KB) MRI examination of the small intestine(pdf 139.08 KB) MRI examination of the small intestine for the child(pdf 138.4 KB) MRI of the breasts(pdf 108.41 KB) Pelvic MRI(pdf 211.99 KB) Prostate MRI(pdf 142.35 KB) Upper abdominal MRI(pdf 136.98 KB)

Breast ductography(pdf 146.98 KB) Mammography(pdf 106.08 KB) Marking of a breast change with a radioactive seed(pdf 102.96 KB) Marking of a breast duct with contrast dye(pdf 141.56 KB) Removal of a breast change in an X-ray unit(pdf 213.41 KB) Ultrasound examination of the breasts and possible procedure(pdf 146.29 KB)

A plain CT examination of the urinary tract due to pain in the flank(pdf 207.77 KB) Collection of needle samples under CT guidance(pdf 152.31 KB) Computed tomography of the brain or the skull(pdf 220.56 KB) Computed tomography of the face or the neck(pdf 221.34 KB) Computer tomography of the joint with contrast injection(pdf 148.95 KB) Cone beam scan of a joint(pdf 134.14 KB) Cryotherapy at X-ray unit(pdf 213.75 KB) CT coronary angiography(pdf 157.81 KB) CT examination of the chest(pdf 143.53 KB) CT examination of the small intestine(pdf 133.58 KB) CT myelogram(pdf 160.69 KB) CT of the body(pdf 145.49 KB) CT scan of a surgical seam in the rectum with contrast agent(pdf 146.32 KB) CT scan of the blood vessels in the body or the limbs(pdf 146.07 KB) CT scan of the blood vessels in the brain or the neck(pdf 213.9 KB) CT-guided injection or local anesthesia(pdf 145.2 KB) Musculoskeletal CT examination(pdf 144.02 KB)

Abdominal ultrasound examination(pdf 148.22 KB) Botox treatment at an X-ray unit before hernia surgery(pdf 135.52 KB) Penile ultrasound examination(pdf 118.67 KB) Soft tissue or superficial lymph node ultrasound examination or procedure(pdf 119.9 KB) Treatment of calcium deposits in tendon of the shoulder in Lohja Hospital X-ray unit(pdf 127.5 KB) Treatment of calcium deposits in tendon of the shoulder in Peijas Hospital x-ray unit(pdf 124.88 KB) Treatment of calcium deposits in tendon of the shoulder in Porvoo Hospital X-ray unit(pdf 110.45 KB) Treatment of calcium deposits in tendon of the shoulder in South Karelia Central Hospital x-ray unit(pdf 114.7 KB) Ultrasound examination of the blood vessels in the lower or upper extremities(pdf 118.59 KB) Ultrasound examination of the lower abdomen(pdf 120.54 KB) Ultrasound examination of the scrotum(pdf 116.27 KB) Ultrasound examination of the upper abdomen(pdf 119.85 KB) Ultrasound examination or procedure of the chest area(pdf 148.45 KB) Ultrasound examination or procedure of the joints(pdf 147.96 KB) Ultrasound examination or procedure of the neck area(pdf 148.41 KB) Ultrasound guided biopsy from the abdomen(pdf 147.44 KB) Ultrasound guided removal of abdominal fluid(pdf 128.5 KB) Ultrasound of the lower limb veins in Hyvinkää Hospital(pdf 117.46 KB) Ultrasound-guided canalisation of urinary bladder(pdf 150.09 KB) Urinary bladder ultrasound residual urine measurement with ultrasound(pdf 145.64 KB)

Abdominal ultrasound examination - children(pdf 140.58 KB) Hip joint ultrasound examination - children(pdf 138.72 KB) Lower abdominal ultrasound - children(pdf 139.45 KB) Neck ultrasound - children(pdf 138.7 KB) Scrotal ultrasound - children(pdf 144.34 KB) Spinal ultrasound - children(pdf 144.41 KB) Ultrasound examination of the brain - children(pdf 138.59 KB) Upper abdominal ultrasound - children(pdf 139.81 KB) Urinary tract ultrasound - children(pdf 139.38 KB)

balloon-dilation-or-insertion-of-a-stent.pdf(pdf 211.26 KB) contrast-examination-of-the-arteries.pdf(pdf 212.57 KB) contrast-examination-of-the-veins.pdf(pdf 208.51 KB) embolisation-of-a-varicocele.pdf(pdf 209.85 KB) embolisation-of-arteriovenous-malformation-avm.pdf(pdf 212.42 KB) outpatient-arteriography.pdf(pdf 213.33 KB) Sclerotherapy-for-lymphatic-malformation(pdf 207.53 KB) sclerotherapy-for-venous-malformations.pdf(pdf 208.01 KB)

Clinical Physiology

Nuclear Medicine

Clinical Neurophysiology

Fundus photography of the eye

Units

Meilahti Tower Hospital laboratory

In the Meilahti Tower Hospital laboratory we only serve customers in need of urgent sampling and customers for whom going to another laboratory would be…

Maunula laboratory

In the Maunula laboratory we serve customers with booked appointments and walk-in customers may take a queue number. We recommend booking an appointment.

Malmi Hospital laboratory

In the Malmi Hospital laboratory we serve customers with booked appointments and walk-in customers may take a queue number. We recommend booking an…

Kalasatama laboratory

In the Kalasatama laboratory we serve customers with booked appointments and walk-in customers may take a queue number. We recommend booking an appointment…

Updated: 11.02.2025

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