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Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jun 27;28(6):2638–2641. doi: 10.1007/s12350-019-01788-8

Table 1.

Opportunities for optimization of patient preparation prior to ¹⁸F-FDG PET for cardiac sarcoidosis

	Outpatients	Inpatients
Patient education	Call/speak to patients 48 hours prior to ¹⁸F-FDG PET	Call/speak to patients 48 hours prior to ¹⁸F-FDG PET
Nurse education	–	Speak to nurse 48 hours prior to ¹⁸F-FDG PET Review drips and intravenous medications that need to be discontinued or modified 24 hours prior to ¹⁸F-FDG PET with nurse
Diet options	Provide patients with a list of permissible foods/meals Allow 18-hour fast if food/meal options are not suitable due to dietary restrictions	Provide patients with a list of permissible foods/meals available on the hospital menu Allow 18-hour fast if food/meal options are not suitable due to dietary restrictions
Exercise	No exercise 24 hours prior to ¹⁸F-FDG PET	–
Breakfast	Nothing to eat the morning of ¹⁸F-FDG PET	Nothing to eat the morning of ¹⁸F-FDG PET
Food log/drips	Review food log prior to start of ¹⁸F-FDG PET	Review food log and medications prior to start of ¹⁸F-FDG PET

¹⁸F-FDG PET, ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography