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THE GASTROCAMERA AS A DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTS *
Author(s) -
Schuman Bernard M.,
Carandang Napoleon,
Priest Robert J.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1968.tb02744.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gastritis , disease , surgery , radiology , gastroenterology , stomach
A bstract One hundred and ten patients aged 65 or older were examined with the gastrocamera (color photographs) because of radiologically diagnosed or suspected disease of the upper gastrointestinal tract. The gastrocamera pictures confirmed the 31 radiologically identified ulcers in 52 per cent of the cases. Radiologically suspected gastric cancers were confirmed in all 5 cases. In the 24 patients with uncertain radiologic findings, the gastrocamera revealed 4 ulcers, 3 polyps and 2 cases of gastritis; the rest had normal stomachs. The color photographs were especially useful in the diagnosis of gastritis. The procedure, when properly performed, is well tolerated and safe for geriatric patients.