Use of Fecal Occult Blood Test in Hospitalized Patients: Survey of Physicians Practicing in a Large Central Canadian Health Region and Canadian Gastroenterologists
BACKGROUND: Although the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) was developed for colorectal cancer screening in the outpatient setting, it continues to be used among hospitalized patients. No previous study has evaluated the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of practicing physicians on the use of FOBT among...
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| author | Stephen Ip AbdulRazaq AH Sokoro Al Buchel Debrah Wirtzfeld Gerald Konrad Tunji Fatoye Harminder Singh |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Although the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) was developed for colorectal cancer screening in the outpatient setting, it continues to be used among hospitalized patients. No previous study has evaluated the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of practicing physicians on the use of FOBT among hospitalized patients and compared practices among physicians with different medical specialty training. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-effce0dc1c60414497a9050ef17093c02025-02-03T01:31:52ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002013-01-01271271171610.1155/2013/816305Use of Fecal Occult Blood Test in Hospitalized Patients: Survey of Physicians Practicing in a Large Central Canadian Health Region and Canadian GastroenterologistsStephen Ip0AbdulRazaq AH Sokoro1Al Buchel2Debrah Wirtzfeld3Gerald Konrad4Tunji Fatoye5Harminder Singh6Department of Internal Medicine, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Surgery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaBACKGROUND: Although the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) was developed for colorectal cancer screening in the outpatient setting, it continues to be used among hospitalized patients. No previous study has evaluated the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of practicing physicians on the use of FOBT among hospitalized patients and compared practices among physicians with different medical specialty training.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/816305 |
| spellingShingle | Stephen Ip AbdulRazaq AH Sokoro Al Buchel Debrah Wirtzfeld Gerald Konrad Tunji Fatoye Harminder Singh Use of Fecal Occult Blood Test in Hospitalized Patients: Survey of Physicians Practicing in a Large Central Canadian Health Region and Canadian Gastroenterologists Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Use of Fecal Occult Blood Test in Hospitalized Patients: Survey of Physicians Practicing in a Large Central Canadian Health Region and Canadian Gastroenterologists |
| title_full | Use of Fecal Occult Blood Test in Hospitalized Patients: Survey of Physicians Practicing in a Large Central Canadian Health Region and Canadian Gastroenterologists |
| title_fullStr | Use of Fecal Occult Blood Test in Hospitalized Patients: Survey of Physicians Practicing in a Large Central Canadian Health Region and Canadian Gastroenterologists |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of Fecal Occult Blood Test in Hospitalized Patients: Survey of Physicians Practicing in a Large Central Canadian Health Region and Canadian Gastroenterologists |
| title_short | Use of Fecal Occult Blood Test in Hospitalized Patients: Survey of Physicians Practicing in a Large Central Canadian Health Region and Canadian Gastroenterologists |
| title_sort | use of fecal occult blood test in hospitalized patients survey of physicians practicing in a large central canadian health region and canadian gastroenterologists |
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