The use of small bowel capsule endoscopy in iron deficiency anaemia: Low impact on outcome in the medium term despite high diagnostic yield

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-332

  Holleran, Grainne E ^a   Barry, Sarah A ^a   Thornton, Orla J ^a   Dobson, Mark J ^a   McNamara, Deirdre A ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

diagnostic yield; follow up; iron deficiency anaemia; small bowel capsule endoscopy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUODENITIS; ENTERITIS; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SMALL BOWEL CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANGIODYSPLASIA; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873409292     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32835b7d3a     Document Type: Review

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