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1
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Normal amount of excreted stool

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100-200g

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2
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Normal stool color is caused by

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Urobilin/Stercobilin

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3
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Upper GI bleeding, iron, charcoal bismuth stool color

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Black

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Lower GI bleeding, beets, food coloring, rifampin stool color

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Red

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5
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Bile duct obstruction, barium sulfates stool color

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Pale yellow, white, gray (acholic)

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6
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Biliverdin, oral antibiotics, green vegetable stool color

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Green

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7
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Prussian blue, grape, soda stool color

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Blue

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Porphyria stool color

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Violet/Purple

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Bile duct obstruction, pancreatic disorders, steatorrhea stool appearance

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Bulky/Frothy

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10
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Cystic fibrosis stool appearance

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Butter-like

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Colitis, dysentery, malignancy, constipation stool appearance

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Mucus-streaked, blood-streaked

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12
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Slender, ribbon/noodle-like stool is seen in

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Intestinal obstruction or constriction

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13
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Rice watery stool is seen in

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Cholera

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14
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Typhoid stool color

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Pea soup

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15
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Constipation stool appearance

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Hard/Scybalous (goat droppings)

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16
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Bristol stool chart: watery, no solid pieces

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Type 7

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17
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Bristol stool chart: fluffy pieces with ragged edges, mushy stool

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Type 6

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18
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Bristol stool chart: soft blobs with clear-cut edges

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Type 5

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19
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Bristol stool chart: most common stool type

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Type 4

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20
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Neutral fat stain value for steatorrhea

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≥60 droplets/HPF

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21
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Reagents for neutral fat stain

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95% ethanol + Sudan III

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22
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Reagents for split fat stain

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36% acetic acid + Sudan III

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23
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Gold standard for steatorrhea

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Van de Kamer titration

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24
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Van de Kamer sample collection duration

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3 days (72 hours)

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25
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Normal value for fat excretion in stool

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1-6 g fats/day

26
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Abnormal fat excretion in stool (Van de Kamer test)

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> 6 g fats/day

27
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Rapid test for fat excretion similar to microhematocrit

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Acid steatocrit (quantitative fecal fats)

28
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Test using microwaved stool for analysis

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Hydrogen nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

29
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Abnormal muscle fiber secretion in stool is called

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Creatorrhea

30
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Reagent for muscle fiber detection in stool

31
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Appearance of undigested muscle fibers

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Striations in both directions

32
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Undigested muscle fibers are seen in

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Biliary obstruction, cystic fibrosis

33
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Abnormal value for undigested muscle fibers

34
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Neutrophils in feces indicating invasive condition

35
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Diarrhea with WBCs in stool indicates

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Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia, enteroinvasive E. coli, Campylobacter

36
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Diarrhea without WBCs in stool indicates

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Toxin-producing organisms, parasites, viruses

37
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Screening test for colorectal cancer

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Guaiac Fecal Occult Blood Test (gFOBT)

38
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Principle of gFOBT

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Pseudoperoxidase activity of hemoglobin

39
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Chromogen used in gFOBT

40
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False positive gFOBT interference

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3 days (food-related), 7 days (aspirin, NSAIDs)

41
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False negative gFOBT interference

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3 days (Vitamin C, iron with Vitamin C)

42
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Immunochemical FOBT detects

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Globin using anti-HGB antibodies

43
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Porphyrin-based FOBT detects

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Fluorescent porphyrins from heme

44
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APT Downey test pink solution indicates

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Fetal blood (alkaline-resistant)

45
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APT Downey test yellow-brown solution indicates

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Maternal blood (denatured by alkali)

46
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X-ray film test detects pancreatic enzyme

47
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Absence of trypsin is seen in

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Cystic fibrosis

48
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Fecal carbohydrate test assesses

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Lactose intolerance

49
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Clinitest result >0.5 g/dL indicates

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Carbohydrate intolerance

50
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Sensitive indicator of pancreatic insufficiency

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Elastase-1

51
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Test to differentiate malabsorption and maldigestion

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D-xylose test

52
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Low urine D-xylose indicates

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Malabsorption

53
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Normal urine D-xylose indicates

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Maldigestion

54
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Acute diarrhea duration

55
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Major mechanisms of diarrhea

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Secretory, osmotic, altered motility

56
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Normal fecal osmolarity

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290 mOsm/kg

57
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Normal fecal Na level

58
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Normal fecal K level

59
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Secretory diarrhea fecal osmotic gap

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<50 mOsm/kg

60
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Osmotic diarrhea mechanism

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Retention of water and electrolytes in large intestine

61
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Causes of osmotic diarrhea

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Maldigestion, malabsorption, lactose intolerance, laxatives, antacids

62
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Diarrhea caused by altered motility

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IBS, rapid gastric emptying, dumping syndrome

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