Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine > Section 9 ...

Conversely, repeated rectal examinations performed over several hours by multiple examiners tends to reduce the specificity of the test for occult blood, presumably due to local trauma. Among patients with a final diagnosis on follow-up of NSAP, 10 percent had a positive stool test for occult blood. Basic Laboratory and Radiographic Tests ................
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