A study in GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy recommends emergency departments use capsule endoscopy as a triage for patients with GI bleeding. Researchers used a prospective, randomized controlled trial ...

“Our study shows that this novel capsule that detects blood in the upper GI tract (PillSense) was highly sensitive and specific (> 90%) for detecting recent or active upper GI blood, influenced ...

Video capsule endoscopy may be a cost-effective means to identify upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in the emergency department if it reduces hospital admissions, according to a study in Annals of ...

Scientists are increasingly finding that the gastrointestinal (GI) tract plays a vital role in our overall health. While its ...

This retrospective study of 91 patients who underwent capsule endoscopy, all of whom had cardiac pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, or left ventricular assist devices.

The PillSense System, a novel blood-sensing swallowed capsule device, safely detected blood in patients with clinically suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding with a sensitivity of 92.9% and a ...

Caltech's new "smart capsule" to study the health of the GI tract . California Institute of Technology. Journal Nature Electronics DOI 10.1038/s41928-025-01407-0. Keywords ...

Video capsule endoscopy in the emergency department may save healthcare organizations money if it reduces hospital admissions for upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, according to a study in Annals of ...

Two previous meta-analyses [7,8] performed prior to our study both found similar diagnostic yields between CE and DBE (overall yield 60% for CE, 57% for DBE; [7] odds ratio 1.21 [95% CI: 0.64–2. ...

John A. Bittl, MD (AdventHealth Ocala, FL), who co-wrote an editorial accompanying the JACC paper with gastroenterologist Loren Laine, MD (Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT), praised the study’s ...