Why not go directly to ultrasound?
Aashi wrote:
1) Hcg----->2nd)U/S----->3rd CXRAY chking for mets coz lungs is the MC site
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| Aashi
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simple fongch...Your q asked for the INTIAL testing, NOT THE best testing..There is a sequence in which u order tests,when u suspect a pt could be a case of GTD, same for any diseases,for eg:- you dont start of doing an echo on a pt presenting with CHF in the ER, without doing a C-XRAY,though we know echo is the BEST testing for CHF,still we do a cxray first,coz this is less expensive and cost effective,so in case of suspected GTD----> IRST make sure the pt is pregnant,and the intial testing is ALWAYS beta- HCG, and if HCG> 100,000, then proceed with U/S, if it shows some evidence of GTD--->u do a cxray coz lungs is the MC site of mets as i mentioned before
Hope u got the point..
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| fongch
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Thanks, that makes sense.
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| ram3
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first thing you do is measure uterus size which will be increased
Edited by Aashi on 07/09/07 - 07:24 AM
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