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If clinical picture is very suggestive of cancer distal colon what should be done first- Sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy?


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  #2

you can go straight for colonoscopy


  #3

These labs should be carried out with needle stick injury:
  • Source patient (if available)
  • HIV
  • Hepatitis B antigen
  • Hepatitis C antibody
  • Aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase (AST/ALT) and alkaline phosphatase levels
  • Victim/health care worker
  • Hepatitis B surface antibody
  • HIV
  • Hepatitis C antibody testing at 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks
  • Prior to initiating retrovirals
  • Pregnancy test (stat)
  • CBC count with differential and platelets
  • Serum creatinine/BUN levels
  • Urinalysis with microscopic analysis
  • AST/ALT levels
  • Alkaline phosphatase level
  • Total bilirubin level

  •   #4

    Colonoscopy

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      #5

    Thaks Waqas Quershi and drms


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