Utility of Hemoccult Testing Before Therapeutic Anticoagulation in Venous Thromboembolism.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite its beneficial negative predictive value, gFOBT before initiating therapeutic anticoagulation is unlikely to change the management of patients without evidence of overt GIB. PMID: 28464181 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Southern Medical Journal - Category: Journals (General) Tags: South Med J Source Type: research