FECAL ANALYSIS

AMYLASE

BOLUS

DETECTION OF GIT BLEEDING, LIVER AND BILIARY DUCT DISORDER, MALDIGESTION AND MALABSORPTION SYNDROME, INFLAMMATION, CAUSES OF DIARRHEA AND STEATORRHEA

DIARRHEA

LIQUIDITY, FREQUENCY

TROPHOZOITE

CYST

>3X/DAY

<4 WEEK

1-2 WEEK

>4 WEEK

FASTING

INFECTION

INFLAMMATION

OSMOTIC, SECRETORY, INTESTINAL HYPERMOTILITY

OSMOTIC

SECRETORY

INTESTINAL HYPERMOTILITY

LACTOSE INTOLERANCE, CELIAC SPRUE, MALABSORPTION OF SUGAR, AMEBIASIS, ANTIBIOTIC ADMINISTRATION

ENTEROTOXIN PRODUCING BACTERIA, DRUG, LAXATIVE, INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, ENDOCRINE DISORDER

>50 mOsm/kg

<50 mOsm/kg

<60 mmol/L

>90 mmol/L

<5.3

>5.6

ESCHERICHIA COLI, SHIGELLA, SALMONELLA

STEATORRHEA

>6g/DAY

FECAL FAT DETERMINATION

D-XYLOSE TEST

MALABSORPTION

MALDIGESTION

URINE

2 HOUR

1 HOUR

RANDOM FECAL SAMPLE

3 DAY COLLECTION

3 DAY COLLECTION

PEA SIZED

IRON THERAPY, CHARCOAL, BISMUTH

UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING

LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING, BEETS AND FOOD COLORING, RIFAMPIN

PALE YELLOW, WHITE, GRAY

BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION, BARIUM SULFATE

BILIVERDIN, ORAL ANTIBIOTIC, VEGETABLE

ORANGE BROWN

UROBILIN

BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION, PANCREATIC DISORDER

INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

COLITIS, DYSENTERY, MALIGNANCY, CONSTIPATION

CYLINDRICAL

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION

MICROBIAL DIARRHEA

NEUTROPHIL

INVASIVE BACTERIA

TOXIN PRODUCING BACTERIA

FRESH SPECIMEN

WET, DRY

WET SMEAR

METHYLENE BLUE

DRY SMEAR

WRIGHTS, GRAM

3 NEUTROPHIL/HPF, ANY NEUTROPHIL/OIF

MUSCLE FIBER

RED MEAT

24 HOUR OF COLLECTION

10% ALCOHOLIC EOSIN

5 MINS

UNDIGESTED FIBER

PARTIALLY DIGESTED FIBER

DIGESTED FIBER

>10 UNDIGESTED FIBER

QUALITATIVE FECAL FAT

QUALITATIVE FECAL FAT

SUDAN III, SUDAN IV, OIL RED O

NEUTRAL FAT, TRIGLYCERIDE

>60 DROPLET/HPF

FATTY ACID SALT, FATTY ACID

100 SMALL FAT DROPLET, <4 UM IN SIZE/HPF

100 DROPLET, 1-8 UM IN SIZE/HPF

100 DROPLET, 6-75 UM IN SIZE/HPF

CHOLESTEROL

40-110 mmol/L

30-140 mmol/L

285-430 mOsm/kg H2O

7-8

ACETIC ACID