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Direct appointment request for screening – without a prior practice appointment (preliminary phone consultation required)

For a purely preventive check-up without particular symptoms, you can also arrange your gastroscopy and/or colonoscopy without a prior appointment at the practice. All you need is a completed patient registration form, the signed informed consent form and a short phone call with us. You choose your preferred date directly online from the available endoscopy slots.

Who is the direct appointment request suitable for?

The direct appointment request is intended for screening examinations – i.e. a screening colonoscopy, a screening gastroscopy or both examinations together – if you have no particular symptoms.

When should you come to the practice first?

Please first book an appointment for a preliminary consultation if any of the following applies to you:

• Symptoms such as heartburn or reflux, abdominal pain, difficulty swallowing or persistent digestive problems
• Blood in the stool, an abnormal stool test, anaemia or unintentional weight loss
• Taking blood-thinning medication (e.g. Marcoumar, Xarelto, Eliquis, Lixiana, Clopidogrel)
• Severe heart, lung or kidney disease, a pacemaker or defibrillator, or previous problems with anaesthesia or sedation

If in doubt, we will be happy to clarify this with you during the phone call.

How it works

1. Complete the patient registration form – online, with your contact details, pre-existing conditions and medication.
2. Download, read and sign the informed consent form – for the gastroscopy, the colonoscopy or both examinations together.
3. Upload the signed form – as a PDF or simply as a photo taken with your mobile phone.
4. Choose a preferred date – we will call you – in the form you choose a preferred date from the available endoscopy slots. In a short preliminary phone consultation we clarify any open questions, your medication and the bowel preparation; I then confirm your appointment in one of the four private hospitals in Vienna.

Choose a date, complete the registration form, download the consent form and upload it signed

On the day of the examination

Before the examination, I will go through your questions with you again in person and also sign the informed consent form myself. As always, the examination is performed under sedation; afterwards you will be cared for in the recovery room. I will briefly discuss the findings with you immediately after the examination.

Your data

The registration form and the informed consent form are transmitted in encrypted form directly to my practice and are not sent by email. Please do not send medical reports or health data by unencrypted email.

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