Table 3 Indications for fecal occult blood testing
From: Use and abuse of fecal occult blood tests: a community hospital experience
 • Anemia | 280 (38.4%) |
 • Melena | 81 (11.1%) |
 • Abdominal pain | 63 (8.6%) |
 • Lower GI bleeding | 112 (15.3%) |
 • Coffee ground emesis | 17 (2.3%) |
 • Others (Shortness of breath, syncope, sepsis, nausea, vomiting and fatigue) | 176 (24.3%) |