Open AccessInfluence of demographic and clinical features of the patient on transit times and impact the on the diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy
Author(s) -
Juan Egea Valenzuela,
Ana Sánchez Martínez,
Ana Victoria García Marín,
Fernando Alberca de las Parras
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2019.5971/2018
Subject(s) - medicine , capsule endoscopy , body mass index , gastroenterology , transit time , retrospective cohort study , endoscopy , surgery , transport engineering , engineering
transit times in the gastric cavity and the small bowel can be easily calculated using capsule endoscopy software. The factors that can influence these times and impact on diagnostic yield have not been completely assessed.