Early timing of single balloon enteroscopy is associated with increased diagnostic yield in patients with overt small bowel bleeding
Journal
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Journal Volume
118
Journal Issue
12
Pages
1644-1651
Date Issued
2019
Abstract
Background/purpose: Although performing balloon enteroscopy soon after the onset of small bowel bleeding appeared to enhance diagnostic rate, the optimal timing was unclear. Methods: A retrospective cohort study in a single referral center. Patients with overt, suspected small bowel bleeding who underwent primary single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) were evaluated to determine the association between procedure timing and diagnostic yield rates. Results: A total of 220 patients were enrolled (47.7% males; mean age, 65.6 ± 18.1 years). They were stratified into four groups based on the timing of SBE: emergency (<24 h after onset or continued bleeding, n = 64), 24–72 h (n = 28), 3–7 days (n = 41), and >7 days (n = 87). A significant trend of decreasing diagnostic yields was observed across the groups (90.6%, 67.9%, 68.3%, and 44.8%, respectively, P < 0.0001). Diagnostic yield rates were different between emergency and 24–72 h groups (P < 0.0001), and between 3 and 7 days and >7 days groups (P < 0.05), but not between 24 and 72 h and 3–7 days groups (P = 0.97). In multivariate regression analysis, emergency, ? 3 days, and ?7 days SBEs had greater yield rates than SBEs at later timings. Conclusion: The likelihood of diagnostic yield was highest when SBE was performed during continued bleeding or within 24 h of onset, and gradually declined as waiting time increased. We therefore recommend that SBE should be performed as soon as possible, preferably no later than seven days. ? 2019
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Other Subjects
adult; aged; Article; bleeding tendency; cohort analysis; Crohn disease; diagnostic value; emergency; enteritis; enteropathy; female; hookworm infection; human; ileitis; intestine diverticulosis; intestine ulcer; major clinical study; male; Mallory Weiss syndrome; middle aged; petechia; portal hypertension; retrospective study; sepsis; single balloon enteroscopy; small intestine hemorrhage; small intestine perforation; small intestine tumor; thermocoagulation; time; vascular lesion; very elderly; gastrointestinal hemorrhage; multivariate analysis; pathology; small intestine; statistical model; time factor; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Female; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage; Humans; Intestine, Small; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Retrospective Studies; Single-Balloon Enteroscopy; Time Factors
Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
Type
journal article