Is an EKG and a Chest CT normal pre-op testing before surgery?

[isabella2 0]

My surgery is scheduled for May 9th. I'm excited and nervous all at once.

My surgeon asked me to get a Chest CT and an EKG as part of my medical clearance. Is this normal practice?

Currently I do not have any health issues ie. high blood pressure etc, other than being morbidly obese ~ I'm 4'10 and weigh 214.

Thanks ;0)

[Jess55 97]

EKG is, I had a chest X-ray, don't think a ct is normal to be done

[54Shirley 105]

My surgery is scheduled for May 9th. I'm excited and nervous all at once.

My surgeon asked me to get a Chest CT and an EKG as part of my medical clearance. Is this normal practice?

Currently I do not have any health issues ie. high blood pressure etc, other than being morbidly obese ~ I'm 4'10 and weigh 214.

Thanks ;0)

As far as I know yeah. So was other things like shrink, Physical therapist, Internal Medicine. If that's all you got, then that's pretty good.

[Russian_BANDit_inNY 4]

I had an EKG and X ray... Did not had a CT.

[isabella2 0]

Whoops ~ looked at my Rx and it is a chest Xray that was ordered not a CT.

[Acadia 20]

Yes, both are common (chest x-ray an EKG).

[CheckYes 46]

I had an EKG and a chest xray. The chest xray was because I was a smoker but quit two years prior to surgery.

[dits4golf 0]

My surgery is scheduled for May 9th. I'm excited and nervous all at once.

My surgeon asked me to get a Chest CT and an EKG as part of my medical clearance. Is this normal practice?

Currently I do not have any health issues ie. high blood pressure etc, other than being morbidly obese ~ I'm 4'10 and weigh 214.

Thanks ;0)

Pretty normal. Just covering his/her hid quarters. Lotta frivilous (sp??) law suits going on.

[54Shirley 105]

I new she ment xray.

[Auroraishere 1]

I had both plus...

Original blood work and 24 hour urine...blood work showed I was positive for h.pylori, so I need

4 weeks on 3 antibiotics and then later an

Upper GI to make sure the h. Pylori was gone and they found an ulcer for that so I'm on meds for that...Sigh!

and then more blood work with the X-ray and ekg

[ElizabethNYC 1]

Yes both are normal, I had both done before hand.