Diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy in a tertiary hospital in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-145

  van Turenhout, Sietze T ^a   Jacobs, Maarten A J M ^a   van Weyenberg, Stijn J ^a   Herdes, Erik ^a   Stam, Fred ^a   Mulder, Chris J J ^a   Bouma, Gerd ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Capsule endoscopy structured terminology; Diagnostic yield; Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLON DISEASE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PYLORUS STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; STOMACH; STOMACH ULCER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954668058     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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