The etiology of potential small-bowel bleeding depending on patient's age and gender.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether the etiology of potential small-bowel bleeding depends on the age and gender of the patient is not yet fully understood.

Methods

A total of 1953 patients who underwent video capsule endoscopy (VCE) to evaluate potential small-bowel bleeding and were registered in the Capsule Endoscopy Nationwide Database Registry from 2003 to 2014 were eligible for this study. VCE findings and the etiology of small-bowel bleeding were analyzed by age and gender.

Results

The diagnostic yield of VCE was 48.4% (95% CI: 46.2%-50.6%) and the diagnosis rate of etiology of potential small-bowel bleeding was 61.4% (95% CI: 59.2%-63.6%). The etiology of potential small-bowel bleeding depends on the age and gender of the patient. Crohn's disease and small-bowel diverticular d

SUBMITTER: Song JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6169048 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature