Diagnostic yield and clinical outcomes after capsule endoscopy in 100 consecutive patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 881-888

  Estévez, Emilio ^a   González Conde, Benito ^a   Vázquez Iglesias, José Luis ^a   Vázquez Millán, Maria De Los Angeles ^a   Pértega, Sonia ^a   Alonso, Pedro A ^a   Clofent, Joan ^b   Santos, Eva ^a   Luis Ulla, José ^a   Sánchez, Eloy ^a  

^a Complexo Hospitalario Juan Canalejo ^*  (Spain)

^b Hospital Mexoeiro   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Clinical outcomes; Diagnostic yield; Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745811268     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200608000-00014     Document Type: Article

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