Fecal Occult and HCG Flashcards
1
Q
What is fecal occult blood?
A
Hidden or unseen blood in stool
2
Q
What color is lower GI tract bleeding?
A
Bright red
3
Q
What color is upper GI tract bleeding?
A
Dark or mahogany
4
Q
Fecal blood is an early sx of?
A
Colorectal Cancer
5
Q
Early detection of fecal blood reduces mortality of colon cancer by?
A
15-35%
6
Q
What kind of diet should a patient have prior to fecal occult testing?
A
Meat free, high fiber
7
Q
How long should patients maintain the prescribed diet prior to fecal occult testing?
A
3 days
8
Q
Instructions for fecal occult testing?
A
- 3 specimens from 3 separate days
- avoid contamination of specimen
- thin smear on slide
- 2 drops of developer on back side of slide
9
Q
What does HCG stand for?
A
Human chorionic gondatropic
10
Q
What produces Hcg?
A
Placenta
11
Q
What hormone is essential for maintaining pregnancy?
A
HCG
12
Q
What else produces HCG?
A
- Trophoblastic tumors in men (prostate cancer)
- Beginning for menopause
- Cyst- like moles (hyatidiform)
13
Q
Other reasons for HCG test?
A
- ectopic pregnancy
- threatened or incomplete abortion
