Fecal Occult Blood Testing

Iron Deficiency or Anemia: Which Test?

October 2011

So, for iron deficiency or anemia, which test is the logical choice? Because of its performance characteristics (particularly its ability to detect bleeding throughout the GI tract), the answer is the HemoQuant test. Use of other tests for this clinical indication can yield misleading data, especially through false-negative results.

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• Introduction
• Occult Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleeding: Definition
• Quantity of GI Bleeding Required to "See" Blood in Stool
• Fecal Occult Blood Tests
• Why Detect Occult GI Bleeding?
• Causes of Fe Deficiency in Industrialized Countries (Average %)
• Causes of Occult GI Bleeding
• Fecal Detection of Ingested Blood
• Iron Deficiency or Anemia: Which Test?
• CRC Screening: Target Lesions
• Occult Bleeding From Colorectal Cancer
• Fecal Blood Testing for Colorectal Cancer (CRC)
• FOBT Screening
• Stool Test Detection of CRN in Screen Setting
• Laboratory Testing vs Office Digital Rectal Exam (DRE)
• Evaluation of Fecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) Assays
• FIT Specificity
• CRC Screening by FOBTs
• CRC Screening Guidelines*
• CRC Screening: Which Fecal Blood Test?
• Soft Indications for FOBT Use?
• Fecal Occult Blood Tests Summary
• Mayo Medical Laboratories Tests
• Questions?
• Disclosures