Do aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs cause false-positive fecal occult blood test results? A prospective study in a cohort of veterans

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 837-841

  Kahi, Charles J ^a,b   Imperiale, Thomas F ^a,b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTACID AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLITIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; DYSPEPSIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMORRHOID; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; INTESTINE VILLUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SOLDIER; VASCULAR LESION;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 10044269839     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.05.028     Document Type: Article

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