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Evaluation of the guaiac positive patient

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Burbridge, R; Teitelman, M
December 1, 2010

One of the more common encounters a physician must deal with is the presence of occult gastrointestinal blood loss. The prevalence may reach up to 1 in 20 adults. The detection of occult blood is important because a person may lose up to 150 ml of blood from the proximal gastrointestinal tract before producing overt melena [1]. Before proceeding further, an important distinction must be made between occult gastrointestinal blood loss and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. © 2010 Springer-Verlag New York.

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Burbridge, R., & Teitelman, M. (2010). Evaluation of the guaiac positive patient, 175–181. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1693-8_16
Burbridge, R., and M. Teitelman. “Evaluation of the guaiac positive patient,” December 1, 2010, 175–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1693-8_16.
Burbridge R, Teitelman M. Evaluation of the guaiac positive patient. 2010 Dec 1;175–81.
Burbridge, R., and M. Teitelman. Evaluation of the guaiac positive patient. Dec. 2010, pp. 175–81. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-1693-8_16.
Burbridge R, Teitelman M. Evaluation of the guaiac positive patient. 2010 Dec 1;175–181.

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