Question

Use Ati Active learning Diagnostic Procedure to demonstrate Gastrointestinal diagnostic procedures

Answer 1

ANSWER :DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES FOR GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS INCLUDE

COLONOSCOPY

IS AN TEST USED TO DETECT CHANGES OR ABNORMALITIES IN THE LARGE INTESTINE [COLON] AND RECTUM.DURING A COLONOSCOPY, A LONG, FLEXIBLE TUBE [CLONOSCOPE] IS INSERTED INTO THE RECTUM.A TINY VIDEO CAMERA AT THE TIP PF THE TUBE ALLOWS THE DOCTOR TO VIEW THE INSIDE OF THE ENTIRE COLON.

UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY

AN UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY OR EGD [ESOPHAGASTRODUODENOSCOPY] IS A PROCEDURE TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT PROBLEMS IN UPPER GI TRACT.THE UPPER GI TRACT INCLUDES YOUR FOOD PIPE [ESOPHAGUS], STOMACH,AND THE FIRST PART OF YOUR SMALL INTESTINE[THE DUODENUM] .

ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY [ERCP]

IT IS A TECHNIQUE THAT COMBINES THE USE OF ENDOSCOPY AND FLUROSCOPY TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT CERTAIN PROBLEMS OF THE BILIARY OR PANCREATIC DUCTAL SYSTEMS.

ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND [EUS]

IT ALLOWS YOUR DOCTOR TO CHECK THE ESOPHAGEAL AND STOMACH LININGS AS WELL AS THE WALLS OF UPPER AND LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT.DURING EUS DOCTOR PASSESS A THIN ,FLEXIBLE TUBE [ENDOSCOPE] THROUGH PATIENT MOUTH AND THROUGH PATIENT DIGESTIVE TRACT.

COLORECTAL TRANSIT STUDY

THIS TEST SHOWS HOW WELL FOOD MOVES THROUGH THE COLON. THIS MAY ALSO CALLED A PALLET STUDY.

MRI SCAN

MRI IS A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT USES A COMBINATION OF LARGE MAGNETS,RADIOFREQUENCIES,AND A COMPUTER TO PRODUCE DETAILED IMAGES OF ORGANS AND STRUCTURE WITHIN THE BODY.THE PATIENT LIES ON A BED THAT MOVES INTO THE CYLINDRICAL MRI MACHINE.THE MACHINE TAKES A SERIES OF PICTURES OF THE INSIDE OF THE BODY USING A MAGNETIC FIELD AND RADIO WAVES.

CT SCAN

THIS IS AN IMAGING TEST THAT USES X-RAYS AND A COMPUTER TO MAKE DETAILED IMAGES OF THE BODY.TEST USED TO HELP DETECT DISEASES OF THE SMALL BOWEL,COLON AND OTHER INTERNAL ORGANS AND IS OFTEN USED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF UNEXPLAINED PAIN.

DEFECOGRAPHY

DEFECOGRAPHY IS AN X-RAY OF THE ANORECTAL AREA THAT EVALUTES COMPLETENESS OF STOOL ELIMINATION,IDENTIFIES ANORECTAL ABNORMALITIES,AND EVALUATE RECTAL MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS AND RELAXATION.

FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST

TEST CHECKS FOR HIDDEN [OCCULT] BLOOD IN THE STOOL.IT IVOLVES PLACING A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF STOOL ON A SPECIAL CARD .THE STOOL IS THEN TESTED IN THE LAB.

STOOL CULTURE

A STOOL CULTURE CHECKS FOR THE PRESENCE OF ABNORMAL BACTERIA IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT THAT MAY CAUSE DIARRHEA AND OTHER PROBLEMS .A SMALL SAMPLE OF STOOL IS COLLECTED AND SENT TO LAB.

BARIUM ENEMA

IS AN X-RAY STUDY THAT CAN DETECT CHANGES OR ABNORMALITIES IN THE LARGE INTESTINE[ COLON].THE PROCEDURE IS ALSO CALLED A COLON X-RAY. AN ENEMA IS THE INJECTION OF A LIQUID INTO RECTUM THROUGH A SMALL TUBE.