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61. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2015 - His white blood cell count was elevated and imaging revealed a small bowel obstruction and ileitis consistent … GI recommended sending stool studies, including for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), and suggested … infliximab therapy should be initiated only after the stool studies were negative for infection. … The next day, an hour into the infliximab infusion, a stool study returned and confirmed CDI. … Volume resuscitation should be performed when indicated, and basic electrolyte and peripheral blood

62. Screening for Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
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    November 23, 2020 - The two types of tests recommended by the USPSTF include: • Stool-based tests are generally used every … These test the person’s stool for signs of colorectal cancer. … Examples of these types of tests include high-sensitivity fecal occult blood tests, fecal immunochemical … tests, and stool DNA tests. • Direct visualization tests are generally used every 5 to 10 years. … Clinicians and patients should consider the pros and cons of the various test options to decide which

63. 4. Assessment of the Intervention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - For example, because HNL required a physician order form for each stool test kit, patients had to return … stool test kits to the practice. … The choices were an at-home stool test or a provider-delivered colonoscopy, as well as other screening … Still, from the patient's perspective, the method of obtaining stool test kits was not ideal. … Perhaps more significantly, the economy affected the ability of HNL to supply stool blood test kits free

64. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2017 - As part of the infectious workup performed in the emergency department (ED), blood cultures and stool … The following morning, her stool test returned positive for Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), a … Before sending blood cultures, the pretest probability of bacteremia should be considered, and the test … Overdiagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection in the molecular test era. … Patient safety concerns arising from test results that return after hospital discharge.

65. Colonic Polyps | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    To be safe, doctors remove polyps and test them. … If you have symptoms, they may include blood on your underwear or on toilet paper after a bowel movement … , blood in your stool, or constipation or diarrhea lasting more than a week.

66. 4. Assessment of the Intervention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - For example, because HNL required a physician order form for each stool test kit, patients had to return … stool test kits to the practice. … The choices were an at-home stool test or a provider-delivered colonoscopy, as well as other screening … Still, from the patient's perspective, the method of obtaining stool test kits was not ideal. … Perhaps more significantly, the economy affected the ability of HNL to supply stool blood test kits free

67. Men: Stay Healthy at 50 (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2014 - If you are 75 or younger, get a screening test for colorectal cancer. … Several different tests—for example, a stool test or a colonoscopy—can detect this cancer. … Get screened for diabetes (high blood sugar) with a blood test if you have high blood pressure or take … High Blood Cholesterol. Have your blood cholesterol checked regularly with a blood test. … High Blood Pressure. Have your blood pressure checked at least every 2 years.

68. Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    There is no specific test for it. … These tests may include stool sampling tests, blood tests, and x-rays. … Your doctor may also do a test called a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy .

69. Inflicting Confusion | PSNet
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    August 04, 2021 - His white blood cell count was elevated and imaging revealed a small bowel obstruction and ileitis consistent … infliximab therapy should be initiated only after the stool studies were negative for infection. … However, while an order was placed for stool studies, the primary team did not discontinue the infliximab … The next day, an hour into the infliximab infusion, a stool study returned and confirmed CDI. … Volume resuscitation should be performed when indicated, and basic electrolyte and peripheral blood count

70. Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 17, 2014 - ; Flex Sig = flexible sigmoidoscopy; gFOBT = Guaiac fecal occult blood test; mSEPT9 = circulating methylated … test (gFOBT) Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) Fecal DNA test Blood screening … Blood screening test: mSEPT9 a) What are the adverse effects ( … ; blood screening tests (i.e., mSEPT9) KQs 2–3: Hemoccult II (review of test performance and harms … limited to high-sensitivity gFOBT); stool testing using in-office digital rectal examination; double

71. Archived: Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan54/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
    April 17, 2014 - ; Flex Sig = flexible sigmoidoscopy; gFOBT = Guaiac fecal occult blood test; mSEPT9 = circulating methylated … test (gFOBT) Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) Fecal DNA test Blood screening … Blood screening test: mSEPT9 a) What are the adverse effects ( … ; blood screening tests (i.e., mSEPT9) KQs 2–3: Hemoccult II (review of test performance and harms … limited to high-sensitivity gFOBT); stool testing using in-office digital rectal examination; double

72. Men: Stay Healthy at 50 (pdf file)
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patients-consumers/patient-involvement/healthy-men/men-over-50.pdf
    March 01, 2014 - If you are 75 or younger, get a screening test for colorectal cancer. … Several different tests—for example, a stool test or a colonoscopy—can detect this cancer. … Get screened for diabetes (high blood sugar) with a blood test if you have high blood pressure or take … High Blood Cholesterol. Have your blood cholesterol checked regularly with a blood test. … High Blood Pressure. Have your blood pressure checked at least every 2 years.

73. Men: Stay Healthy at 50 (pdf file)
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patients-consumers/patient-involvement/healthy-men/men-over-50.pdf
    March 01, 2014 - If you are 75 or younger, get a screening test for colorectal cancer. … Several different tests—for example, a stool test or a colonoscopy—can detect this cancer. … Get screened for diabetes (high blood sugar) with a blood test if you have high blood pressure or take … High Blood Cholesterol. Have your blood cholesterol checked regularly with a blood test. … High Blood Pressure. Have your blood pressure checked at least every 2 years.

74. Men: Stay Healthy at 50 (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patients-consumers/patient-involvement/healthy-men/men-over-50.pdf
    March 01, 2014 - If you are 75 or younger, get a screening test for colorectal cancer. … Several different tests—for example, a stool test or a colonoscopy—can detect this cancer. … Get screened for diabetes (high blood sugar) with a blood test if you have high blood pressure or take … High Blood Cholesterol. Have your blood cholesterol checked regularly with a blood test. … High Blood Pressure. Have your blood pressure checked at least every 2 years.

75. Men: Stay Healthy at 50 (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2014 - If you are 75 or younger, get a screening test for colorectal cancer. … Several different tests—for example, a stool test or a colonoscopy—can detect this cancer. … Get screened for diabetes (high blood sugar) with a blood test if you have high blood pressure or take … High Blood Cholesterol. Have your blood cholesterol checked regularly with a blood test. … High Blood Pressure. Have your blood pressure checked at least every 2 years.

76. Women: Stay Healthy at 50 (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2014 - Several different tests—for example, a stool test or a colonoscopy—can detect this cancer. … for high blood pressure. … High Blood Cholesterol. … Have your cholesterol checked regularly with a blood test if: ■ You use tobacco. … High Blood Pressure. Have your blood pressure checked at least every 2 years. HIV.

77. Ulcerative Colitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 25, 2014 - The most common symptoms are pain in the abdomen and blood or pus in diarrhea. … Doctors use blood tests, stool tests, colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy, and imaging tests to diagnose UC.

78. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - False-negative stool occult blood tests caused by ingestion of ascorbic acid (vitamin C). … The workup of the asymptomatic patient with a positive fecal occult blood test. … Immunochemical detection of fecal occult blood—the fecal smear punch-disc test: a noninvasive screening … Initial mass screening for colorectal cancer with fecal occult blood test. … A mass screening program for colorectal cancer using chemical testing for occult blood in the stool.

79. Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2014 - If you are between the ages of 50 and 75, get a screening test for colorectal cancer. … Several different tests – for example a stool test or a colonoscopy— can detect this cancer. … High Blood Cholesterol. … If you are 35 or older, have your blood cholesterol checked regularly with a blood test. … High Blood Pressure. Have your blood pressure checked at least every 2 years.

80. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/CDI-facilitator-guide.pdf
    November 01, 2019 - Leukocytosis may be present and on average the serum white blood cell count is approximately 15,000 … The test is performed by adding a prepared stool sample to a monolayer of cultured cells. … Or the initial test might be a nucleic acid test followed by the EIA to evaluate for toxin production … formed stool samples for C. … Only test stool for C. difficile when clinical criteria are met!