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1644046

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with abdominal pain and no definite diagnosis referred for endoscopy were studied to define discriminating features in the history, and the value of a stool occult blood test, in predicting the presence of upper gastrointestinal disease. Endoscopy was performed in 116 patients; pathology was seen in 32 (duodenal ulcer 17, gastric carcinoma 4, gastric ulcer 3, miscellaneous 8) and no pathology was seen in 84 patients. Features that predicted upper gastrointestinal pathology were, in descending order of rank: a positive pointing sign, a positive stool Fecult test, a history of vomiting, loss of weight, and alcohol intake. Using these discriminating features together it was possible to correctly predict 95% of patients with abnormal endoscopy and 82% of patients with a normal endoscopy. The history and the stool occult blood test are useful predictors of the presence of upper gastrointestinal pathology and may aid rational selection of patients for endoscopy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0012-835X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
268-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Value of the history and stool occult blood test in selection of patients for upper endoscopy in Zimbabwe.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article