Preparation for an exam or surgery
Do you need to have an examination or specialized test or have scheduled surgery at the CIUSSS de l'Estrie – CHUS?
Here's how to get ready.
Make sure to have :
- A valid health insurance card. If your card is no longer valid, you must renew it. Find out more at the Régie de l'assurance maladie.
- A valid CHUS hospital card. If your card has expired or if you do not have a hospital card, please visit the reception and admission department on the day of your appointment or hospitalization.
- An updated list of all your current medications, including natural health products and vitamins. Ask your pharmacist for help if needed. Don’t forget to mention the name and address of your local pharmacy.
Guidelines by specialty
Cardiology
Guidelines
- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM)
- Cardiac defibrillator
- Cardiac defibrillator | Outpatients
- Cardiac-resynchronization-therapy device
- Cardiac-resynchronization-therapy device | Outpatients
- Cardiomemo
- Coronary angiography and angioplasty
- Coronary angiography and angioplasty | Outpatients
- Dobutamine stress echocardiography
- Electrical cardioversion
- Electrophysiological study (EPS) and ablation
- Electrophysiological study (EPS) and ablation | Outpatients
- Holter
- Pacemaker
- Pacemaker | Outpatients
- Tilt table
- Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR)
- Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) | Outpatients
- Transesophageal ultrasound
- Transthoracic ultrasound
- Treadmill stress echocardiography
Digestive and pulmonary Endoscopy
Guidelines
- Bronchoscopy
- Cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP)
- Coloscopy (Colonoscopy)| For type 2 diabetics)
- Colonoscopy preparation sheet - Morning
- Colonoscopy preparation sheet - Afternoon
- Colonoscopy : Bi-Peglyte
- Long Colonoscopy
- Sigmoidoscopy or short colonoscopy
- Short colonoscopy preparation sheet
- Echo-endoscopy of the upper digestive tract
- Rectal endoscopy exam
- Gastroscopy
- Gastrostomy (French)
- Analgesic sedation
- Duodopa® Treatment : Tube Installation and Maintenance
Medical genetics and oncogenetics
Guidelines
- Medical genetics (French)
- Family information collection tool (medical genetics) (French)
- Oncogenetics (French)
- Family information collection tool (oncogenetics) (oncogénétique) (French)
- Preparing for an oncogenetics appointment (French)
Medical Imaging (Radiology and Nuclear Medicine)
Guidelines
Consult the Medical Imaging (Radiology and Nuclear Medicine) page for more information on the service offering.
- Summary ot the main medical imaging exams
- Guide for users | Examinations WITH an Appointment
- Guide for users | Walk-in Examinations
- Angiography| Arteriography
- Obstetric ultrasound (dating, nuchal morphological, growth) | Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins hospital
- Obstetric ultrasound (dating, nuchal morphological, growth) | Granby hospital
- Obstetric ultrasound (dating, nuchal morphological, growth) | Fleurimont hospital
- Magnetic resonance (MRI)
- Mammography | Breast ultrasound | Breast biopsy
- Nephrostomy
- Nuclear medicine
- General Radiology – arthrography, joint infiltration and periradicular
- General Radiology – Cystography
- General Radiology – baryte meal | Hail transit | Barium throat
- General Radiology – Hysterosalpingography
- General Ultrasound | Doppler (Hôpital de Granby, Hôpital Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins et Hôpital, CLSC and Centre d'hébergement d'Asbestos)
- General Ultrasound | Doppler (Hôtel-Dieu de Sherbrooke, Fleurimont Hospital, Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Memphrémagog and Centre de Santé et de services sociaux du Granit)
- Barium enema
- Barium meal/swallow (CSSS de Memphrémagog and CSSS du Granit)
- General Radiology – Intravenous pyelography
- Subcutaneous veinous catheter (PORT-A-CATH)
- Tomodensitometry (TDM/SCAN)
- Transthoracic lung biopsy (Granby Hospital and Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital)
- Transthoracic lung biopsy (Fleurimont Hospital)
- Virtual colonoscopy | Hôpital Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins
- Virtual colonoscopy | Hôtel-Dieu de Sherbrooke and CSSS de Memphrémagog
Immunology and Allergology
Guidelines
- Food-Allergy Clinic
- Immunology Clinic
- Medication and Vaccine Clinichyperlien s'ouvrira dans une nouvelle fenêtre.
- Wasp Clinic
Sleep medicine
Neurosurgery
Neurostimulation and neurology
Guidelines
- Ambulatory electroencephalography (AEEG) monitoring
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Electromyography (EMG)
- Field trial of a peripheral trigeminal nerve stimulator
- Implantation of a permanent facial nerve stimulator
- Implantation of an intrathecal pump
- Implantation of a deep brain neurostimulator
- Implantation of an internal neurostimulator
- Implantation of a vagus nerve stimulator
- Inpatient electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring
- Multiple sleep latency test (MSLT)
- Neurostimulation trial
- Sacral neuromodulation
- Visual, auditory, and somatosensory evoked potential (EP)
Respiratory physiology
Guidelines
- Fonction respiratoire (French)
Samples
Guidelines
- Analysis of urinary prostaglandin
- Colorectal cancer screening | Sample collection instructions
- Diet | Analysis or urinary 5-hydroxyindoleactic acid (5-H1AA)
- Diet | Analysis or urinary histamine level
- Diet | Analysis or urinary homovanillic and vanillylmandelic acids
- Fecal fat diet | Fat content guide
- Oral glucose tolerance test
- Saliva sample | Cortisol test
- Sampling for screening | MRSA, VRE or CPGNB
- Scotch-tape test | Pinworms investigation
- Spermogram | Fertility or vasectomy
- Sputum culture
- Sputum cytology
- Stool test | 24-Hour collection (one day)
- Stool collection | Diet for fecal fat testing
- Stool collection | Fecal calprotectin test
- Stool collection | Fecal elastase test
- Stool collection | Investigation for bacteria
- Stool collection | Investigation for enteric protozoa
- Stool collection | Investigation for a virus or toxin
- Stool collection | Investigation for parasites (eggs, helminth, coccidia or microsporidia)
- Urea breath test
- Urine analysis
- Urine analysis and/or culture by collection bag
- Urine culture | Midstream procedure
- Urine sample | Chlamydia and gonorrhea
- Urine sample | Urine cytology test
- Urine test | 24-hour collection (one day)
- Urine test | 48-Hour collection (two consecutive days)
- Vaginal and extra-genital specimen collection | Chlamydia and gonorrhea
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