Lower Endoscopic Diagnostic Yields Observed in Non-hematemesis Gastrointestinal Bleeding Patients
Authors
Jawaid, SalmaanMarya, Neil B.
Gondal, Bilal
Maranda, Louise S.
Marshall, Christopher
Charpentier, Joseph
Rupawala, Abbas
Al-Sayid, Muhammad
Singh, Anupam
Foley, Anne
Volturo, Gregory A.
Cave, David R.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Emergency MedicineDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2018-12-01Keywords
Diagnostic yieldEndoscopy
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Video capsule endoscopy
Diagnosis
Digestive System Diseases
Emergency Medicine
Fluids and Secretions
Gastroenterology
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
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BACKGROUND: Location of bleeding can present a diagnostic challenge in patients without hematemesis more so than those with hematemesis. AIM: To describe endoscopic diagnostic yields in both hematemesis and non-hematemesis gastrointestinal bleeding patient populations. METHODS: A retrospective analysis on a cohort of 343 consecutively identified gastrointestinal bleeding patients admitted to a tertiary care center emergency department with hematemesis and non-hematemesis over a 12-month period. Data obtained included presenting symptoms, diagnostic lesions, procedure types with diagnostic yields, and hours to diagnosis. RESULTS: The hematemesis group (n = 105) took on average 15.6 h to reach a diagnosis versus 30.0 h in the non-hematemesis group (n = 231), (p = 0.005). In the non-hematemesis group, the first procedure was diagnostic only 53% of the time versus 71% in the hematemesis group (p = 0.02). 25% of patients in the non-hematemesis group required multiple procedures versus 10% in the hematemesis group (p = 0.004). Diagnostic yield for a primary esophagogastroduodenoscopy was 71% for the hematemesis group versus 50% for the non-hematemesis group (p = 0.01). Primary colonoscopies were diagnostic in 54% of patients and 12.5% as a secondary procedure in the non-hematemesis group. A primary video capsule endoscopy yielded a diagnosis in 79% of non-hematemesis patients (n = 14) and had a 70% overall diagnostic rate (n = 33). CONCLUSION: Non-hematemesis gastrointestinal bleeding patients undergo multiple non-diagnostic tests and have longer times to diagnosis and then compared those with hematemesis. The high yield of video capsule endoscopy in the non-hematemesis group suggests a role for this device in this context and warrants further investigation.Source
Dig Dis Sci. 2018 Dec;63(12):3448-3456. doi: 10.1007/s10620-018-5244-8. Epub 2018 Aug 22. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1007/s10620-018-5244-8Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/28471PubMed ID
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