Fecal Occult Blood Testing in Hospitalized Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

201716 citationsJournal Article

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Temple Ratcliffe · The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Raj Sehgal · South Texas Veterans Health Care System

James Abraham · University of Minnesota Medical Center

Bradley Monash · University of California, San Francisco

Abstract

A 47-year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse, cirrhosis, and grade II esophageal varices is admitted for treatment of alcohol withdrawal. He reports having some dark-colored stools a week prior to admission, but his stools since then have been normal in color. A repeat hemoglobin is stable, but a fecal occult blood test is positive. What should be done next?

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Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes

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Published in: Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volume 12, Issue 7, pp. 567-569

DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2773

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Fecal Occult Blood Testing in Hospitalized Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

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