Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1462 page)

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causes
differential diagnosis
limitations
symptoms

Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms

Brucella
species
HAV
Listeria monocytogenes
O&P testing
Salmonella typhi
or paratyphi
Toxoplasma gondii
Trichinella spiralis
Vibrio vulnificus
viral culture

Gaucher disease (GD)

molecular DNA assay

GBA deficiency.
See
Gaucher disease

GBS.
See
Group B
Streptococcus
(GBS)

GCA.
See
Giant cell (temporal) arteritis (GCA)

GD.
See
Gaucher disease (GD)

Genetic carrier testing

Genetic nondiscrimination legislation

Genetic testing

for CF, during first trimester of pregnancy
ovarian sex cord-stromal neoplasms

Genital culture

C. trachomatis
Gardnerella vaginalis
Haemophilus ducreyi
HPV
HSV
isolation
Listeria monocytogenes
N. gonorrhoeae
Staphylococcus aureus
Treponema pallidum
Trichomonas vaginalis
infection
Ureaplasma urealyticum

Genitourinary system disorders

benign prostatic hyperplasia
epididymitis
hematuria
hemoglobinuria
infertility
hyperprolactinemia
ovulatory disorders
postvasectomy status
sperm transport
testicular disease
neoplastic diseases
bladder cancer
prostate cancer
renal pelvis and ureter carcinoma
renal pelvis leukoplakia
priapism
primary hyperoxalurias
prostatitis
renal calculi
renal tuberculosis
retroperitoneal fibrosis
urinary tract infections

Genomic microarray analysis

Genomic studies, chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Gentamicin, TDM

GERD.
See
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

German measles.
See also
Rubella virus

Gestational thrombocytopenia

Gestational trophoblastic disease

clinical presentation
hCG testing, limitations of

GFR.
See
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)

γ-Globulin

enteropathy, protein-losing
Takayasu syndrome

GGT.
See
Gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT)

GH.
See
Growth hormone (GH)

Ghrelin

Giant cell (temporal) arteritis (GCA)

acute aortic syndromes
alkaline phosphatase
aspartate aminotransferase
CRP
ESR
IgG
PMR with

Giardia
infection

antigen detection
antigen detection test, O & P examinations
stool antigen testing

Giardia lamblia
infection

antigen detection test
diarrhea, persistent

Giardiasis

O&P examination
stool O&P test

Gilbert disease

Glanzmann thrombasthenia

Gliadin (Deamidated) antibodies, IgG and IgA

Globoid cell leukodystrophy.
See
Krabbe disease

Globulin

cirrhosis
leishmaniasis
malaria
schistosomiasis

Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)

acute kidney injury
amyloidosis-associated kidney disease
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
hypercalcemic nephropathy
membranoproliferative GN
rapidly progressive GN
sickle cell nephropathy

Glomerulonephritis (GN)

antibody mediated
cell mediated
clinical spectrum
cryofibrinogen
cryoglobulinemia
hypocomplementemic
infectious
membranoproliferative.
See
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN)
membranous
nephritic syndrome
nephrotic syndrome
noninfectious
nonproliferative disorders
normocomplementemic
postinfectious
anti-DNase B
anti-streptolysin O (ASO)
C3
ESR
hemolytic complement activity (CH50)
throat culture
poststreptococcal GN
proliferative disorders
proteinuria with hematuria
rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
anti-glomerular membrane (anti-GBM) antibody disease
antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
BUN
creatinine
cryoglobulinemia
GFR
SLE
vasculitis
Wegener granulomatosis
serum complement

Glomus jugulare tumor

Glucagon

stimulation test

Glucose

cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
diabetes mellitus
diabetes and vasculopathies
pancreatitis
preterm infants
seizures
spinal cord infarction
syncope
urine
whole blood, serum, plasma

Glucose tolerance test (GTT)

chronic pancreatitis
diabetes mellitus
hyperlipidemia
pancreas carcinoma
pancreatitis, chronic
during scond trimester of pregnancy

Glucose-6-phosphatase enzyme

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD).
See also
Glycogen storage disease (GSD), type I

deficiency
bilirubin
classes
MCV
reticulocytosis

Glucosuria, diabetic ketoacidosis

Gluten-sensitive enteropathy.
See
Celiac disease

Glycogen storage disease (GSD)

type I
glucose-6-phosphatase enzyme
type II
creatinine

GlycoMark.
See
1,5-Anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG)

Glycoprotein hormone

Glycoprotein 2, pancreas carcinoma

Glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).
See
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)

GM
1
gangliosidosis

GM
2
gangliosidosis, type I.
See
Tay-Sachs disease

GN.
See
Glomerulonephritis (GN)

GnRH.
See
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)

Goiter

antithyroglobulin antibody
antithyroid peroxidase antibody
calcitonin level
fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy
TSH

Gonadal disorders

galactorrhea
gynecomastia
hirsutism

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)

LH
ovulatory disorders

Gonococcal arthritis, synovial fluid

Goodpasture syndrome.
See also
Anti-glomerular membrane (anti-GBM) antibody disease

Gout

synovial fluid
uric acid nephropathy

GPA.
See
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)

G6PD.
See
Glucose-6-phosphaste dehydrogenase (G6PD)

Gram stain

with aerobic and anaerobic culture, CNS abscesses
anthrax
ascites
bacterial vaginosis
chorioamnionitis
clostridial gangrene
CNS abscesses
and culture, spinal cord infarction
Haemophilus
legionnaires disease
listeriosis
meningitis
Neisseria meningitidis
pelvic inflammatory disease
pneumonia
prostate-specific antigen

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