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

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