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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2017; 23(4): 614-621
Published online Jan 28, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i4.614
Published online Jan 28, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i4.614
DBE negative | DBE positive | Total | P value | |
(n = 164) | (n = 331) | (n = 495) | ||
Age at DBE, median (range) | 65.0 (18.1-95.4) | 69.5 (18.3-91.8) | 68.2 (18.1-95.4) | 0.0051 |
Gender | 0.1042 | |||
Male | 71 (43.3) | 169 (51.1) | 240 (48.5) | |
Female | 93 (56.7) | 162 (48.9) | 255 (51.5) | |
Altered anatomy | 0.7362 | |||
None | 125 (76.2) | 249 (75.2) | 374 (75.6) | |
Roux-en-Y | 13 (7.9) | 21 (6.3) | 34 (6.9) | |
Billroth/Ileo-colonic/IPAA | 7 (4.3) | 21 (6.3) | 28 (5.7) | |
Other | 19 (11.6) | 40 (12.1) | 59 (11.9) | |
On warfarin | 19 (11.6) | 36 (10.9) | 55 (11.1) | 0.8132 |
On clopidogrel | 7 (4.3) | 20 (6.0) | 27 (5.5) | 0.4132 |
On ASA 325 | 49 (29.9) | 118 (35.6) | 167 (33.7) | 0.2012 |
VCE performed within 1 yr prior to DBE | 47 (29.4) | 130 (40.9) | 177 (36.9) | |
MPCTE performed within 1 yr prior to DBE | 31 (19.4) | 53 (16.7) | 84 (17.5) | |
VCE and MPCTE performed within 1 yr prior to DBE | 67 (41.9) | 113 (35.5) | 180 (37.8) | |
DBE performed without VCE and MPCTE done | 15 (9.4) | 22 (6.9) | 37 (7.7) | |
Type of OGIB | 0.7282 | |||
Overt | 82 (50.0) | 171 (51.7) | 253 (51.1) | |
Occult | 82 (50.0) | 160 (48.3) | 242 (48.9) | |
Type of approach of DBE | < 0.0012 | |||
Anterograde | 103 (62.8) | 268 (81.0) | 371 (74.9) | |
Retrograde | 61 (37.2) | 63 (19.0) | 124 (25.1) | |
Total enteroscopy done | 9 (5.5) | 15 (4.5) | 24 (4.8) | 0.6412 |
Procedure location | 0.3932 | |||
Inpatient | 34 (20.7) | 80 (24.2) | 114 (23.0) | |
Outpatient | 130 (79.3) | 251 (75.8) | 381 (77.0) |
- Citation: Law R, Varayil JE, WongKeeSong LM, Fidler J, Fletcher JG, Barlow J, Alexander J, Rajan E, Hansel S, Becker B, Larson JJ, Enders FT, Bruining DH, Coelho-Prabhu N. Assessment of multi-modality evaluations of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(4): 614-621
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v23/i4/614.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i4.614