CLINICAL EVALUATION OF THE 'GTRIOLEIN BREATH TEST: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
| Autor: | A. Kerr Grant, Ross N. Butler, N. J. Gehling, M. J. Lawson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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Breath test
medicine.medical_specialty Malabsorption medicine.diagnostic_test Screening test business.industry medicine.disease Gastroenterology Fat malabsorption Steatorrhea Internal medicine Internal Medicine medicine lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Hospital patients medicine.symptom business Clinical evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine. 14:111-113 |
| ISSN: | 0004-8291 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1984.tb04270.x |
| Popis: | Twenty-two hospital patients without gastrointestinal symptoms and fourteen patients with clinically suspected fat malabsorption were studied using the 14C-Triolein Breath Test and three day fecal fat estimation. The 14C-Triolein Breath Test was 100% sensitive and 86% specific for fat malabsorption. Three day fecal fat estimations were 86% sensitive and 91% specific. These data confirm the high sensitivity and specificity obtained using the 14C-Triolein Breath Test. The speed and convenience of the 14C-Triolein Breath Test plus acceptable sensitivity and specificity make this a practical screening test to detect fat malabsorption. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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