A 62-year-old woman has iron-deficiency anaemia with hemoglobin 88 g/L and ferritin 8 micrograms/L. She is postmenopausal, has no overt bleeding, and

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A 62-year-old woman has iron-deficiency anaemia with hemoglobin 88 g/L and ferritin 8 micrograms/L. She is postmenopausal, has no overt bleeding, and takes no anticoagulant. Celiac serology is negative. What is the most appropriate investigation?

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Bidirectional endoscopy

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Abdominal ultrasound

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Tagged red-cell scan

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Capsule endoscopy as the first test

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Empiric iron without gastrointestinal evaluation

Iron-deficiency anaemia — RCPSC IM MCQ

A 62-year-old woman has iron-deficiency anaemia with hemoglobin 88 g/L and ferritin 8 micrograms/L. She is postmenopausal, has no overt bleeding, and takes no anticoagulant. Celiac serology is negative. What is the most appropriate investigation?