Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1463 page)

tularemia

UTI

vaginitis

Gram-negative bacilli

aspiration pneumonia

fastidious

nonfastidious

Gram-negative cocci

Gram-positive bacilli

Gram-positive cocci

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)

ANA

ANCA

CRP

deep venous thrombosis

ESR

RF

Graves disease

adrenal insufficiency

autoimmune

gynecomastia

hyperthyroidism

Gray platelet syndrome, inherited thrombocytopathies

Group A beta-hemolytic
Streptococcus
(GABHS)

bacterial antigen detection

pharyngitis

routine throat culture

Group A
Streptococcus
(GAS).
See also
Streptococcus, Group A direct detection

direct detection (antigen, nucleic acid)

vaginitis

Group B
Streptococcus
(GBS)

at 36 weeks of pregnancy

rectovaginal culture screen
See
(
See
Genital culture)

UTI

vaginal-rectal culture screen

Growth hormone (GH)

Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH)

GSD.
See
Glycogen storage disease (GSD)

GTT.
See
Glucose tolerance test (GTT)

Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)

autoimmune

Campylobacter

Campylobacter jejuni

CMV

CSF protein

EBV

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Gynecologic disorders.
See alsospecific disorders

breast cancer

cervical carcinoma

endometrial carcinoma

ovarian cancer

pelvic inflammatory disease

urinary tract infections
See
(
See
Urinary tract infections)

vaginosis and vaginitis

Gynecomastia

beta-HCG level

causes of

chronic renal failure

cortisol

Cushing syndrome

dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS)

dexamethasone suppression test

estradiol

follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)

Graves disease

hyperthyroidism

hypogonadism, male

imaging studies

luteinizing hormone

prevalence

prolactin

serum estradiol

testosterone

TSH

H

Haemophilus

Gram stain

Haemophilus ducreyi

Haemophilus influenzae

acute rhinosinusitis

croup

cystic fibrosis

meningitis

pneumonia

viral pneumonia

Haemophilus influenzae
type b

Haemophilus pneumoniae

Hagas disease, systolic dysfunction with heart failure

Hageman factor.
See
Factor XII

Hairy cell leukemia (HCL)

cytopenias

splenomegaly

Hallucinogens

Hanot hypertrophic cirrhosis.
See
Cirrhosis

Haptoglobin

AIHAs

β-thalassemia major

hemoglobinuria

hereditary spherocytosis

mechanical hemolysis

PK deficiency

PNH

sickle cell disease

TTP

Hashimoto thyroiditis

adrenal insufficiency

autoimmune

hyperthyroidism

hypothyroidism

HAV.
See
Hepatitis A virus (HAV)

Hb.
See
Hemoglobin (Hb)

HbC.
See
Hemoglobin C (HbC) disease

HBcAb.
See
Hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb)

HbD.
See
Hemoglobin D (HbD) disease

HbE.
See
Hemoglobin E (HbE) disease

HBeAg.
See
Hepatitis B e-antigen (HBeAg)

HbF.
See
Fetal Hb (HbF)

HbS

Hb electrophoresis

MCHC

MCV

sickle cell screen

HBsAb.
See
Hepatitis B surface antibody (HBsAb)

HBsAg.
See
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)

HBV.
See
Hepatitis B virus (HBV)

HBV antibody.
See
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)

HCDD.
See
Heavy chain deposition disease (HCDD)

hCG.
See
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)

HCL.
See
Hairy cell leukemia (HCL)

HCO
³
, mixed acid-base disturbances

Hct.
See
Hematocrit (Hct)

HCV.
See
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)

HCV antibody.
See
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)

Hcy.
See
Homocysteine (Hcy)

HD.
See
Huntington disease (HD)

HDAg

HDFN.
See
Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN)

HDL-C.
See
Cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL)

HDV.
See
Hepatitis D virus (HDV)

HE.
See
Hereditary elliptocytosis (HE)

HE4.
See
Human epididymis protein 4 (HE4)

Hearing and vision disorders, hereditary

Leber optic atrophy

mitochondrial nonsyndromic sensorineural deafness

nonsyndromic hearing loss and deafness

Usher syndrome

Heart failure

albumin

blood urea nitrogen

BNP

complete blood count

creatinine

ESR

NT-proBNP

sodium

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HF
^p
EF)

BNP

NT-proBNP

troponin

Heavy chain deposition disease (HCDD)

complement

serum free light chain immunoassay

Heavy metals

Heinz bodies

β-thalassemia major

sickle cell screen

Helicobacter pylori

antibody

antibody test, MALT

antigen

mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, gastric

nonatrophic (type B gastritis)

peptic ulcer disease

pernicious anemia

serology screen, MALT

testing, gastric

testing, ITP

urease activity

HELLP syndrome, mechanical hemolysis

Hematocrit (Hct)

analyzing acid-base disorders

Hematuria

benign prostatic hyperplasia

bladder cancer

calculi

carcinoma

cryoglobulinemia

focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

hemoglobinuria

hyperoxalurias

international normalized ratio (INR)

prostate cancer

prostate-specific antigen

prostatitis

Schistosoma haematobium

schistosomiasis

sickle cell trait/disease

tuberculosis

urine dipstick test

Hemianopsia, bitemporal

Hemochromatosis

hepatocellular carcinoma

hypothyroidism

IOD

systolic dysfunction with heart failure

Hemoconcentration (Hct)

Hemoglobin (Hb)

AIHAs

analyzing acid-base disorders

anemia

electrophoresis

HbS and HbC disease

MDS

sickle cell β-thalassemia disease

sickle cell persistent high fetal hemoglobin

sickle cell-HbD disease

erythrocytosis

hemoglobin C (HbC) disease

ESR

Hb electrophoresis

Hb variant

hemoglobin variant analysis

MCHC