Survey of Emergency Department Clinicians on the Utility of the Guaiac Fecal Occult Blood Test
We found that ED clinicians cannot predict the gFOBT results with high accuracy. A suspected GI bleed is the main reason for performing the test in the ED.
Authors
- Ehsan Shirazi
- Alexander Hochwald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3651-746X)
- Johnathan Michael Sheele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4503-8590)
- Michael G. Heckman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3770-9331)
- Elmkdad Mohammed
- Albertha V. Lalljie
- Osman Hamid
Institutions
- Jacksonville College (US)
- WinnMed (US)
- St. Elizabeth Healthcare (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-10-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.70922
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.28