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Suspected blood indicator in capsule endoscopy: a valuable tool for gastrointestinal bleeding diagnosis

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
BACKGROUND Small bowel bleeding is a leading indication for small bowel capsule endoscopy. The Suspected Blood Indicator (SBI) is a software feature directed to automatically detect bleeding lesions during small bowel capsule endoscopy.
Pedro BOAL CARVALHO, Joana MAGALHÃES, Francisca DIAS DE CASTRO, Sara MONTEIRO, Bruno ROSA, Maria João MOREIRA, José COTTER   +6 more
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Endoscopic Evaluation and Therapeutic Considerations of Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease

Gastroenterology Insights, 2021
Small bowel evaluation is warranted in all newly diagnosed cases of Crohn’s disease (CD) as small bowel is involved in two-thirds of CD patients at diagnosis and the involvement can be discontinuous.
Rupa Banerjee, Partha Pal
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Recent trends in the epidemiology of inflammatory bowel diseases: up or down? [PDF]

, 2006
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is traditionally considered to be common in the Western world, and its incidence has sharply increased since the early 1950s.
Lakatos, Péter László
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In-Vivo Evaluation of Microultrasound and Thermometric Capsule Endoscopes [PDF]

, 2018
Clinical endoscopy and colonoscopy are commonly used to investigate and diagnose disorders in the upper gastrointestinal tract and colon respectively. However, examination of the anatomically remote small bowel with conventional endoscopy is challenging.
Clutton, E, Cochran, S, Connor, C, Cox, BF, Cummins, G, Desmulliez, MPY, Gregson, R, Lay, H, McPhillips, R, Qiu, Y, Turcanu, MV   +10 more
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Clinical value of using double balloon enteroscopy combined with endoscopic ultrasound to evaluate Crohn’s disease of the small bowel: a retrospective study

BMC Gastroenterology
Background Diagnosing and assessing Crohn’s disease, which involves only the small bowel, is challenging. This study investigated the clinical value of combining double balloon enteroscopy with endoscopic ultrasound to evaluate this disease. Methods This
Liu Zhongcheng, Tang Chao, Guo Qin
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PillCam COLON 2© in Crohn's disease: A new concept of pan-enteric mucosal healing assessment [PDF]

, 2015
AIM To evaluate mucosal healing in patients with small bowel plus colonic Crohn's disease (CD) with a single non-invasive examination, by using PillCam COLON 2 (PCC2).
Carvalho, Pedro Boal, Cotter, José, De Castro, F. D., Moreira, M. J., Rosa, B.   +4 more
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Progress Towards a Multi-Modal Capsule Endoscopy Device Featuring Microultrasound Imaging [PDF]

, 2016
Current clinical standards for endoscopy in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract combine high definition optics and ultrasound imaging to view the lumen superficially and through its thickness.
Al-Rawhani, M., Beeley, J., Cochran, S., Cox, B.F., Cumming, D., Cummins, G., Demore, C.E.M., Desmulliez, M.P.Y., Lay, H.S., McPhillips, R., Poltarjonoks, R., Qiu, Y., Seetohul, V., Trolier-McKinstry, S., Wallace, M.   +14 more
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Faecal haemoglobin can define risk of colorectal neoplasia at surveillance colonoscopy in patients at increased risk of colorectal cancer. [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Quantitative faecal immunochemical tests measure faecal haemoglobin concentration (f-Hb), which increases in the presence of colorectal neoplasia.Objective: We examined the diagnostic accuracy of faecal immunochemical test (FIT)in patients at
Cleary, Shirley, Datt, Pooja, Digby, Jayne, Fraser, Callum G., Goudie, David R., Gray, Lynne, Humphries, Adam, Mowat, Craig, Steele, Robert J. C., Strachan, Judith A.   +9 more
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Polyethylene Glycol for Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2017
Capsule endoscopy has been the first-line examination for small bowel diseases, yet its diagnostic yield is restricted by unsatisfactory bowel preparation.
Li Yang, Xiao Wang, Tao Gan, Yiping Wang, Jinlin Yang   +4 more
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Small-Bowel Capsule Endoscopy—Optimizing Capsule Endoscopy in Clinical Practice

Diagnostics, 2021
The small bowel is the longest organ within the gastrointestinal tract. The emergence of small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) over the last 20 years has revolutionized the investigation and diagnosis of small bowel pathology.
Fintan O’Hara, Deirdre McNamara
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