Nursing home and assisted living services are considered types of long-term care. Long-term care consists of not just medical services, but also personal services, for people who have a disability or illness.
If your practitioner doesn't offer the GBS test during late pregnancy, ask for it. When group B strep testing is done This test is usually performed between week 35 and week 37 of pregnancy (testing before 35 weeks isn't accurate in predicting who will be carrying GBS at the time of labor).
EUS can help your doctor diagnose the cause of abdominal pain or abnormal weight loss, or the test can confirm a diagnosis. Using EUS, a physician can also obtain tissue samples and assess the depth of cancer and whether it has spread to nearby lymph glands or major blood vessels.