Timing of video capsule endoscopy relative to overt obscure GI bleeding: Implications from a retrospective study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 761-766

  Singh, Anupam ^a   Marshall, Christopher ^a   Chaudhuri, Biswashree ^a   Okoli, Chidimma ^a   Foley, Anne ^a   Person, Sharina D ^a   Bhattacharya, Kanishka ^a   Cave, David R ^a  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

obscure GI bleeding; OGIB; OOGIB; overt obscure GI bleeding; VCE; video capsule endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; OVERT OBSCURE GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIDEO CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 84876154305     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.11.041     Document Type: Article

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