GASTRO INVESTIGATIONS Flashcards
Liver cirrhosis
Transient elastography (FibroScan)
Hepatocellular cancer
ULTRASOUND
Non alcoholic fatty liver
ULTRASOUND
Osophogeal varicies
endoscopy
Autoimmune hepatits
Liver Biopsy
Haemochromatosis
Transferrin saturation & Ferritin
Fibrosis in NAFLD
ELF (enhanced liver fibrosis) blood test
Primary biliary cholangitis
MRCP
CELIAC
Endoscopy and jejunal biopsy
Primary sclerosis cholangitis
MRCP
Gallstones
Ultrasound (abdo)
CROHNS
Colonoscopy
Suspected peri-anal fistulae in Crohns
MRI
Ulcerative colitis
Colonoscopy
Severe ulcerative colitis
Flexible sigmoidoscopy
Osophogeal cancer
Upper GI endoscopy and biopsy
ACHALASIA
oesophageal manometry
Appendicitis
Ultrasound
Pancreatic cancer
High resolution CT
Pancreatitis
Ultrasound
Pernicious anemia
Intrinsic factor antibodies
Budd-Chiari syndrome - hepatic vein thrombosis
Ultrasound with doppler flow studies
Small bowel over growth syndrome
Hydrogen breath test
Pharyngeal pouch
barium swallow combined with dynamic video fluoroscopy
CARCINOID SYNDROME
urinary 5-HIAA
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Paracentesis