Drinking before endoscopy: milk or water?
Drinking water up to 90 minutes prior to endoscopy is safe, but milk should be discouraged because of suboptimal mucosal views, authors say. The study...
Capsule endoscopy or push enteroscopy for first-line exploration of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding?
The position of capsule endoscopy (CE) in the diagnostic algorithm of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding is unclear. We conducted a trial in which pati...
Effectiveness of nurse delivered endoscopy: findings from randomised multi-institution nurse endoscopy trial (MINuET)
Nurses were more thorough than doctors in examining the stomach and oesophagus. Patients were more satisfied with nurses after one day of endoscopy th...
High-definition endoscopy with i-Scan for evaluation of small colon polyps: the HiSCOPE study
Traditional white-light endoscopy cannot reliably distinguish between small adenomatous and hyperplastic colon polyps. HDWL endoscope and i-Scan may i...
Variability in cecal intubation rate by calculation method: a call for standardization of key performance indicators in endoscopy
The cecal intubation rate (CIR) is a widely accepted key performance indicator (KPI) in colonoscopy but lacks a universal calculation method. We asses...
A randomized controlled trial comparing the accuracy of general diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy performed by nurse or medical endoscopists
Rising demand for. general diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the UK is outgrowing the capacity of doctors. provide this service within a...
Diagnostic contribution of cytological specimens obtained from biopsies during gastrointestinal endoscopy in dogs and cats
The study compared cytological samples from endoscopic biopsies using "imprint" and "squash" techniques. The same diagnosis was obtained with the squa...
Diagnostic Performance of Magnifying Endoscopy for Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Meta-Analysis
The pooled sensitivity and specificity of magnifying endoscopy to predict Helicobacter pylori infection were 0.89 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.87-0...
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