Gastroscopy and colonoscopy (bidirectional endoscopy)

first-line GI investigations

tests per year, UK, once, at new diagnosis in men and postmenopausal women

“We recommend that in men and postmenopausal women with newly diagnosed IDA, gastroscopy and colonoscopy should generally be the first-line GI investigations.”

Snook et al., British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines for the management of iron deficiency anaemia in adults, Gut 2021, 2021-09

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About a third of men and postmenopausal women with IDA have an underlying abnormality, most often in the GI tract.
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