Impact of capsule endoscopy on outcome in mid-intestinal bleeding: A multicentre cohort study in 285 patients

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 971-977

  Albert, Jörg G ^a,f   Schülbe, Romy ^a   Hahn, Leonore ^b   Heinig, Detlef ^c   Schoppmeyer, Konrad ^c   Porst, Heiner ^b   Lorenz, Reinhard ^c   Plauth, Mathias ^d   Dollinger, Matthias M ^a   Mössner, Joachim ^c   Caca, Karel ^e   Fleig, Wolfgang E ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^e KLINIKUM LUDWIGSBURG   (Germany)

^f MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Digestive system endoscopy; Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; Outcome study; Small bowel endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANGIECTASIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CAUTERIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE POLYP; INTESTINE TUMOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53549130425     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282fb2a53     Document Type: Article

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