A study comparing an endoscopy nurse and an endoscopy physician in capsule endoscopy interpretation

OBJECTIVEComplete review of wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) recordings by a physician is time-consuming and laborious and may be perceived as a limitation to perform WCE. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a nurse in interpreting WCE. METHODSA total of 102 WCE videos were evaluat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology 2011-02, Vol.23 (2), p.166-170
Hauptverfasser:	Dokoutsidou, Helen, Karagiannis, Stefanos, Giannakoulopoulou, Eleftheria, Galanis, Petros, Kyriakos, Nikolaos, Liatsos, Christos, Faiss, Siegbert, Mavrogiannis, Christos
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Biological and medical sciences Capsule Endoscopy - nursing Capsule Endoscopy - standards Capsule Endoscopy - statistics & numerical data Digestive system. Abdomen Endoscopy Female Gastroenterology - standards Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Gastrointestinal Diseases - diagnosis Gastrointestinal Diseases - nursing Humans Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Observer Variation Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity Specialties, Nursing - standards
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Zusammenfassung:	OBJECTIVEComplete review of wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) recordings by a physician is time-consuming and laborious and may be perceived as a limitation to perform WCE. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a nurse in interpreting WCE. METHODSA total of 102 WCE videos were evaluated by a single gastroenterologist and a nurse experienced as an assistant in diagnostic and interventional endoscopy and trained in WCE. After independently reviewing WCE videos, the two readers discussed their findings and came to a consensus. RESULTSThe mean capsule reading time was significantly longer for the nurse compared with the gastroenterologist (117.3±24.8 vs. 63.8±8.5 min, P
ISSN:	0954-691X 1473-5687
DOI:	10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283433abf