The importance of stool tests in diagnosis and follow-up of gastrointestinal disorders in children; [Çocuklarda sindirim sistemi hastalıklarının tanı ve izleminde dışkı incelemelerinin yeri]
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2019
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Stool is not just a simple waste material. Some stool tests can be easily used in primary care in the differential diagnosis of disorders such as gastrointestinal infections, malabsorption syndromes, and inflammatory bowel diseases. Stool tests can prevent unnecessary laboratory investigations. Stool analyses include microscopic examination, chemical, immunologic, and microbiologic tests. Stool samples can be examined for leukocytes, occult blood, fat, sugars (reducing substances), pH, pancreatic enzymes, alpha-1 antitrypsin, calprotectin, and infectious causes (bacteria, viruses, and parasites). Stool should also be macroscopically checked in terms of color, consistency, quantity, shape, odor, and mucus. © 2019 by Turkish Pediatric Association.
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alpha 1 antitrypsin , bilirubin , calgranulin , chymotrypsin , feces lipid , hemoglobin , oil scarlet , pancreatic elastase , amebiasis , bile duct atresia , carbohydrate intolerance , child , chromatography , cryptosporidiosis , diarrhea , Entamoeba dispar , Entamoeba histolytica , enzyme linked immunosorbent assay , fecal sugar chromatography , feces analysis , feces color , feces composition , follow up , gastrointestinal disease , gastrointestinal hemorrhage , gastrointestinal mucosa , giardiasis , gravimetry , hereditary fructose intolerance , human , immunohistochemistry , inflammatory bowel disease , leukocyte , lipid absorption , malabsorption , Menetrier disease , microscopy , near infrared reflectance spectroscopy , occult blood , occult blood test , osmolarity , predictive value , Review , sensitivity and specificity , staining , steatocrit test , steatorrhea , trophozoite , upper gastrointestinal bleeding