Video capsule endoscopy in the emergency department may save healthcare organizations money if it reduces hospital admissions for upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, according to a study in Annals of ...

A study in GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy recommends emergency departments use capsule endoscopy as a triage for patients with GI bleeding. Researchers used a prospective, randomized controlled trial ...

WASHINGTON (June 1, 2023)—While ingestible video capsule endoscopes have been around for many years, the capsules have been limited by the fact that they could not be controlled by physicians. They ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Video capsule endoscopy is a safe alternative to ...

The authors conclude that VCE can identify high-risk patients with UGIB and can expedite emergency therapeutic endoscopy. However, this was a very small study that had multiple limitations, including ...

Capsule endoscopy is a procedure that uses a pill-sized camera to check the midsection of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract for any abnormalities. An endoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure in which ...

In order to avoid the problem of capsule retention, a thorough past medical and surgical history should be undertaken. In addition, several other steps have been proposed, including performing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy identified gastrointestinal injury in a majority patients taking ...

When Are Endoscopies Preferred To Capsule Endoscopies? Gastroenterologists routinely perform an endoscopy or colonoscopy to visualize the digestive tract, including the small intestine, and the large ...

Periampullary and duodenal cancer are major causes of morbidity in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP); capsule endoscopy (CE) might be useful for the detection of small-bowel polyps in ...

A new 'PillCam' ingestible capsule might be a feasible alternative to conventional upper endoscopy for assessing patients with suspected esophageal disorders. A pilot study by Eliakim et al. has ...