Two case reports of novel syndrome of bizarre performance of gastrointestinal endoscopy due to toxic encephalopathy of endoscopists among 181767 endoscopies in a 13-year-university hospital review: Endoscopists, first do no harm!
Mitchell S Cappell, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, United States
Mitchell S Cappell, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI 48073, United States
Author contributions: Cappell MS designed the research, performed the research, analyzed the data, and wrote the paper.
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Conflict-of-interest statement: None. Dr. Cappell, as a consultant of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee for Gastrointestinal Drugs, affirms that this paper does not discuss any proprietary confidential pharmaceutical data submitted to the FDA and reviewed by Dr. Cappell. Dr. Cappell was until 2 years ago a member of the speaker’s bureau for AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo, co-marketers of Movantik. Dr. Cappell has had one-time consultancies for Mallinckrodt and Shire > 1 year ago. This work does not discuss any drug manufactured or marketed by AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo, Shire, or Mallinckrodt.
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Corresponding author: Mitchell S Cappell, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, William Beaumont Hospital, MOB Suite 602, Thirteen Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI 48073, United States. mitchell.cappell@beaumont.edu
Received: October 16, 2019
Peer-review started: October 16, 2019
First decision: November 22, 2019
Revised: December 4, 2019
Accepted: February 21, 2020
Article in press: February 21, 2020
Published online: March 7, 2020
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