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Article: Purgative bowel cleansing combined with simethicone.(EVIDENCE FOR PRACTICE)
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- AORN Journal
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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Journal of Gastroenterology
January 2008
Capsule endoscopy is recognized as an important tool for investigating gastrointestinal diseases and conditions, including obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, suspected small bowel Crohn's disease, polyposis syndromes, and small bowel tumors. It involves a minimally invasive examination of the entire small bowel via an ingested capsule containing a camera. The indwelling camera takes images at a rate of two frames per second as peristalsis carries the capsule through the gastrointestinal tract. The average transit time from ingestion to evacuation is 24 hours. The device uses wireless radio transmission to send ...