Gastric Fluid

Question 1

Test meal: Ewald’s

Answer 1

Bread, weak tea, water

Question 2

Test meal: Boa’s

Answer 2

Oatmeal

Question 3

Test meal: Riegel’s

Answer 3

Beef steak, mashed potato

Question 4

These are used for 1-hour collection for MAO

Answer 4

Pentagrastrin & histamine

Question 5

What is the most preferred chemical stain?

Answer 5

Pentagastrin

Question 6

What are the normal basal acid output & maximum acid output?

Answer 6

2.5; 25

Question 7

What are the BAO & MAO values if the patient has a duodenal ulcer?

Answer 7

5; 30

Question 8

What is the normal appearance of gastric fluid?

Answer 8

Pale gray with mucus

Question 9

What is the normal volume of a fasting specimen?

Answer 9

20-50 mL

Question 10

What is the volume of the specimen after Ewald’s test meal?

Answer 10

20-60 up to 120 mL

Question 11

What is the volume of the specimen after alcohol test meal or histamine stimulation?

Answer 11

45-150 mL

Question 12

In hypochlorhydria, gastric fluid pH ___ but falls after gastric stimulation (absence of free HCl)

Answer 12

> 3.5

Question 13

This is defined as a failure to produce a ph <6.0 following gastric stimulation

Answer 13

Anacidity

Question 14

In the Diagnex Tubeless Test, ____ is used as specimen.

Answer 14

Urine

Question 15

What is the dye used for the Diagnex Tubeless Test?

Answer 15

Azure blue/azure A

Question 16

This is indicative of advanced gastric cancer or gastric stagnation

Answer 16

Lactic acid