Objectives: This study aims to review the utility of repeat capsule endoscopy (CE) with on-going concern of small bowel (SB) bleeding following initial SB investigation with CE.
Materials and methods: A specifically designed database of CE examinations performed over 13 years, with hospital records, was retrospectively interrogated for patients undergoing multiple CEs to investigate iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) or suspected SB bleeding.
Results: 1335/2276 (58.7%) of CEs were performed to investigate IDA or SB bleeding; 92 were repeat CEs carried out for ongoing clinical concern. The median time interval between initial and repeat CE procedures was 466.5 (range 1–3066) days. Twenty-four patients had initially normal CE; on repeat examination, abnormalities were detected in 11/24 (45.8%). 3/21 (14.2%) of patients with angioectasia on first CE had alternative causes for IDA or GI bleeding detected on repeat CE. Six patients with active bleeding, without an identifiable source on initial CE, undergoing repeat CE had a cause isolated in 5/6 (83.3%). Changing CE device did not affect diagnostic yield (DY) compared to repeat CE using the same device (27.5% to 26.8%).
Conclusions: It is known that CE can miss clinically relevant and serious lesions. Our results suggest that patients with an initially negative or inconclusive CE frequently have a cause of SB bleeding detected on repeat CE. The DY of repeat CE is highest in those with bleeding on their initial CE (83.3%) and lower in those with initially normal examinations (45.8%) or when an alternative cause, such as angioectasia is seen (14.2%). 相似文献
The purpose of the study was to investigate the release-controlling action of a swellable hydrophilic material based on heterodisperse polysaccharides (HP) in relation to the initial pore structure of the formulations. HP-based granules were produced under carefully controlled conditions and compacted into matrix tablets having equivalent tablet thickness. Quantification of pore structure using mercury porosimetry showed that the tablets had substantially different pore volumes and pore size distributions. Dissolution studies demonstrated that release of a water-soluble model compound, benzamide, from swollen matrices was affected neither by total porosity nor median pore diameter of the initial dry matrix. To extend the concept of porosity-independent release further, HP-based formulations containing either diclofenac sodium or propranolol HCl were contained within hard gelatin capsules in the form of uncompacted granules. This produced a dosage form with a high intraparticulate porosity in the dry state. Equivalent weights of the same formulations were also compacted into tablets. The in vitro release profiles from matrix tablets compacted from any of the formulations did not differ significantly from release profiles obtained when the same materials were contained uncompacted in hard gelatin capsules. 相似文献
Context. Methadone is used in France since March 1995, only for opioid maintenance treatment, in a syrup form. For the launching of a capsule form in April 2008, French health authorities requested a prospective survey of all cases involving exposure to methadone in either of the two available pharmaceutical forms. Objective. The aim was to document, in different circumstances and compare the safety of the new capsule form to the syrup. This report presents the findings of one arm of the study, devoted to methadone-related suicide attempts. Materials and method. From April 15, 2008 to April 15, 2010, all self-injurious methadone poisonings notified to or managed by the French Toxicovigilance Centers network were included. Analysis mainly focused on patients’ age and gender, estimated quantity ingested, eventual concomitantly taken substances, distribution of symptoms, and site of treatment. Results. 135 methadone-related suicide attempts were recorded. Analysis showed identical epidemiologic and clinical patient characteristics for the two pharmaceutical forms. Ten deaths occurred. The only discrepancy was a higher incidence of suicide attempts in the capsule group. However, as the number of capsule-treated patients increased during the second year, this difference remained significant but tended to decrease. Discussion. Combining these results with Pharmacovigilance and Addictovigilance arms, health authorities estimated that the benefit/risk balance of this new pharmaceutical form remains positive. They revised their position on requirements for prescribing and dispensing of the capsule form, and made them slightly easier. Following this, this “suicide” arm of Toxicovigilance survey was suspended, whereas the second one, concerning accidental pediatric methadone-related poisonings, has been extended until April 2014. Conclusion. In France, suicide attempts were more likely to occur with the capsule formulation. The clinical severity of intoxication was similar between the capsule and liquid forms. 相似文献