Utility of Hemoccult Testing Before Therapeutic Anticoagulation in Venous Thromboembolism

摘要

Objectives Fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) is performed routinely before starting therapeutic anticoagulation in patients despite it never being validated to predict gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) risk. Our objective was to determine the utility in checking the guaiac FOBT test (gFOBT) before initiating therapeutic anticoagulation in patients with a new diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (VTE).