Test category · Specialty diagnostics

Gastroenterology

Endoscopy, motility and acid studies, breath tests, liver assessment and the imaging of the digestive tract.

Tests with a page

Medical test

Biopsy

Medical test

Endoscopy (as a test)

Medical test

Microbiology tests

Imaging study

CT scan

Imaging study

MRI scan

Imaging study

Ultrasound

Procedure

Colonoscopy

Procedure

Gastroscopy

Concepts covered by those pages

Liver biopsyStool cultureAbdominal ultrasoundCT abdomenMagnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography MRCPUpper endoscopy EGD, OGDColonoscopyFlexible sigmoidoscopyCapsule endoscopyEnteroscopy

Also in this category: catalogued concepts

Canonical test concepts of this category that do not yet have their own page. They are listed so that the taxonomy is complete and searchable; a page is written only when it can meet the quality standard.

  • Clostridioides difficile testing (C. difficile) · also: C. diff toxin, C diff test Microbiology
  • Ova and parasite examination (O&P) · also: stool ova and parasites Microbiology
  • Gastric emptying study Imaging
  • Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Diagnostic procedure
  • Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) Diagnostic procedure
  • Oesophageal manometry · also: esophageal manometry Functional test
  • Anorectal manometry Functional test
  • 24-hour oesophageal pH monitoring · also: esophageal pH monitoring, pH study Functional test
  • Impedance-pH monitoring Functional test
  • Hydrogen breath test · also: SIBO breath test Functional test
  • Lactose breath test · also: lactose intolerance test Functional test
  • Urea breath test · also: H. pylori breath test Functional test
  • Transient elastography · also: FibroScan Imaging
  • Faecal occult blood test (FOBT) · also: fecal occult blood test Laboratory test
  • Faecal immunochemical test (FIT) · also: fecal immunochemical test, bowel screening test Laboratory test
  • Faecal calprotectin · also: fecal calprotectin Laboratory test
  • Faecal lactoferrin Laboratory test
  • Faecal elastase · also: pancreatic elastase Laboratory test
  • Stool fat · also: faecal fat Laboratory test
  • H. pylori stool antigen Laboratory test
  • GI pathogen PCR panel · also: stool PCR panel Microbiology
  • Stool electrolytes and osmotic gap Laboratory test
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