The optimal time of capsule endoscopy for patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

VernacularTitle:不明原因消化道出血患者胶囊内镜检查的时机选择
Author: Maoxia LIU ; Xiaoqiang WAN ; Zhechuan MEI ; Qinggui ZENG ; Zidan ZHENG ; Juan CHEN ; Xiao XIAO ; Daijiang LIU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; capsule endoscopes; diagnosis
From: Chongqing Medicine 2015;(28):3933-3934,3937
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the optimal time for capsule endoscopy in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) .Methods Data of 76 patients with OGIB underwent capsule endoscopy from January 2013 to December 2014 were retro‐spectively analyzed .They were classified into two groups :emergency capsule endoscopy and non‐emergency capsule endoscopy .The demographic and clinical features and outcomes of capsule endoscopy ,complications and the times of hospital stays and hospitaliza‐tion expenses were compared .Results The overall diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy was 48 lesions(63 .15% ) .The overall di‐agnostic yield of emergency capsule endoscopy group was 73 .68% (28/38) ,which was significantly higher than that in non‐emer‐gency capsule endoscopy group(52 .63% ,20/38) ,with statistical difference (P< 0 .05) .Conclusion Emergency capsule endoscopy have a higher rate of detection ,patients with OGIB should receive capsule endoscopy as soon as possible .