Esophageal capsule endoscopy

Table 1 ECE in GERD patients: results in published studies

Author	Yr	n	Indication	Capsule	Ingestion	S (%)	E (%)	PPV (%)	NPV (%)
Neu[22]	2003	8	Esophagitis	SB	Supine	37.5	(-)	(-)	(-)
Ramirez[23]	2005	50	BE	String SB	Standing	100	100	100	100
Eliakim[24]	2004	17	Esophagitis BE	ESO 4-fps	Supine	100	80	92	100
Eliakim[25]	2005	93	Esophagitis	ESO 4-fps	Supine	89	99	97	94
Eliakim[25]	2005	13	BE	ESO 4-fps	Supine	97	99	97	99
Koslowsky[26]	2006	25	Esophagitis BE	ESO 4-fps	Supine	81	61	74	79
Koslowsky[26]	2006	25	Esophagitis BE	ESO 14-fps	Supine	100	74	100	77
Sharma[27]	2007	53	BE (suspected-known)	ESO 14-fps	Supine	67-79	87-78	60-94	90-44
Sharma[27]	2007	41	Esophagitis	ESO 14-fps	Supine	50	90	56	88
Lin[28]	2007	90	BE	ESO 14-fps	Supine	67	84	22	98

Table 2 ECE in portal hypertension: Results in published studies

Author	Yr	n	Indication	Capsule	Ingestion	S	E	PPV	NPV
Ramirez[40]	2005	30	Varices	String SB	Standing	96%	100%	100%	83.3%
Eisen[41]	2006	32	Varices	ESO 14-fps	Supine	100%	89%	(-)	(-)
Eisen[41]	2006	32	PHG	ESO 14-fps	Supine	100%	77%	(-)	(-)
Lapalus[42]	2006	21	Varices	ESO 14-fps	Supine	81.2%	100%	100%	57%