Why are requests for scoping procedures increasing in patients without bleeding or symptoms? Dr. M. Brian Fennerty questions this escalation of test requests in the latest
Gut Check.Colonoscopy and upper endoscopy are not controversial practices for iron deficiency anemia when bleeding or symptoms of GI disease are present. So why are gastroenterologists being asked to perform these procedures in patients who are younger than 50 and show no evidence of bleeding or symptoms? Dr. M. Brian Fennerty notes an escalation of test requests in this setting and queries approaches to evaluating IDA in Gut Check.