Gastroenterology (GI) Lab

The Gastroenterology (GI) Lab is a procedural lab conducting sedated and unsedated tests on patients with gastrointestinal complaints. Each patient must have been seen by a gastroenterologist with privileges to conduct tests in the lab.

GI Lab Procedures

• EGD
• Colonoscopy
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Esophageal motility
• Imaging capsule
• pH probe
• Esophageal intraluminal impedance studies
• Breath hydrogen collection (for lactose or sucrose intolerance) and 13C urea breath test for H. pylori.
• Upper GI series
• Barium swallow study

Radiology Procedures

• Liver biopsies
• Lower GI series (barium or hypaque enema)