Diagnostic Value and Safety of Emergency Single-Balloon Enteroscopy for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Table 5
Diagnostic findings of emergency and nonemergency single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) in relation to the choice of anesthesia and sedation.
Emergency SBE
Nonemergency SBE
Overt bleeding ()
Occult bleeding ()
Overt bleeding ()
Occult bleeding ()
Positive
Overall
23 (79.3)
15 (71.4)
19 (67.9)#
9 (37.5)
GA
16 (55.2)
9 (42.9)
13 (46.4)
6 (25.0)
CS
7 (24.1)
6(28.6)
6 (21.4)
3 (12.5)
Suspected positive
Overall
3 (10.3)
3 (14.3)
3 (10.7)
2 (8.3)
GA
2 (6.9)
1 (4.8)
2 (7.1)
1 (4.2)
CS
1 (3.4)
2 (9.5)
1 (3.6)
1 (4.2)
Negative
Overall
3 (10.3)
3 (14.3)
6 (21.4)
13 (54.2)
GA
1 (3.4)
2 (9.5)
4 (14.3)
9 (37.5)
CS
2 (6.9)
1 (4.8)
2 (7.1)
4 (16.7)
GA, general anesthesia; CS, conscious sedation. Data are expressed in number (%). , compared with nonemergency SBE for occult bleeding. #, compared with occult bleeding among patients who received nonemergency single-balloon enteroscopy.
