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Acromegaly Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Adults – enlarged facial or acral features, abnormal musculoskeletal growth
Acromegaly Testing ... INDICATIONS FOR TESTING ... Adults – enlarged facial ... or acral features ... linear growth Tests
Antenatal Visits - Testing and Schedule
At Every Visit:	
 • Gestational Age	
 • BP
 • Maternal Weight
Antenatal Visits - Testing ... Glucose Tolerance Testing ... Glucose Challenge Test ... later - Fail ... Glucose Tolerance Test
What is Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT)
 • Screening for colorectal cancer in average risk population
What is Fecal Occult ... Blood Testing ( ... immunochemical test ... Fellowship @UMassGI #Fecal ... #OccultBlood #Testing
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
hydrogen breath test ... A/P, Consider testing ... celiac and/or testing ... for fecal elastase ... • Colonoscopy, Fecal
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
susceptibility testing ... the preferred test ... • Laboratory testing ... the workup • Test ... wrists, ankles • Axial
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
strategy with minimal testing ... cultures, but test ... allergy/ sensitivity testing ... calprotectin or fecal ... Balloon Expulsion Test
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
unknown (presumed fecal-oral ... Ag, Urea Breath Testing ... hold 2w before testing ... Ag, Urea Breath Test
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
size, coarsening facial ... decade → peripheral/acral ... glucose suppression test ... • Pituitary testing
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Amyloidosis Diagnostic Testing ... Blood Tests: ... typing Cardiac Testing ... the heart GI Tests ... and spleen • Fecal
Thumb CMC Axial Grind Test

Testing for osteoarthritis of the thumb at the trapezium metacarpal joint is
Thumb CMC Axial ... Grind Test Testing ... grind test. ... is a positive test ... #Grind #Test #Hand