Figure 1.

Method of Prioritization of Symptomatic Patients for Colonoscopy During Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Using Several Factors and for Situations in Which Only the Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) Is Available

∗Patients with iron deficiency anemia will also require gastroscopy. ∼Based on unpublished data from the NICE FIT study (2020) of 9822 patients; positive predictive value for FIT for 2-week-wait patients at a threshold of > 150 μg Hb/1 g was 37%. #We Would Recommend FIT if No History of Rectal Bleeding, Otherwise the methylated Septin9 (mSEPT9) Test Should Be Used. +ve, positive; -ve, negative; CT, computed tomography; GI, gastrointestinal; Hb, hemoglobin.