Tu1544 CLINICAL UTILITY OF EMERGENCY CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY FOR DIAGNOSING THE SOURCE AND NATURE OF ON-GOING OVERT OBSCURE GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING

In patients with on-going overt obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB), prompt detection of the bleeding source is crucial to treatment success. However, there is no consensus on the optimal timing of diagnostic capsule endoscopy (CE). We investigated the clinical utility of emergency CE for detecting the source of on-going overt OGIB. We retrospectively evaluated 146 consecutive patients (85 men; mean age, 68 years) who, between February 2009...