Diagnostic tests in gastroenterology

Specific 13C functional pathways as diagnostic targets in gastroenterology breath-tests: tricks for a correct interpretation.

Breath tests are non-invasive, non-radioactive, safe, simple and effective tests able to determine significant metabolic alterations due to specific diseases or lack of specific enzymes. Carbon isotope (13)C, the stable-non radioactive isotope of carbon, is the most used substrate in breath testing, in which (13)C/(12)C ratio is measured and expressed as a delta value, a differences between rea...

Assessing the Validity of Diagnostic Tests

Diagnostic & Therapeutic Monitoring Gastroenterology in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Definition and Scope of the Problem Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) broadly refers to a group of idiopathic, chronic gastrointestinal disorders characterized by benign mucosal inflammation. While the exact prevalence of IBD is unknown, it is arguably the most common histopathologic diagnosis obtained in dogs and cats with chronic vomiting and/or diarrhea. It is likely that IBD represents one f...

use of serologic tests in crohns disease. clinical perspective in gastroenterology

use of serologic tests in crohns disease. clinical perspective in gastroenterology

the washback effect of discretepoint vs. integrative tests on the retention of content in knowledge tests

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