A technique for emergency upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in adults using a small caliber endoscope (GIF-P2).
The small caliber peroral endoscope (GIF-P2) was efficient and safe in the detection of lesions in a series of 69 patients with acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. The authors describe a technique of examination that they have found appropriate to this problem.
D000328:Adult; D020698:Duodenoscopes; D004384:Duodenoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004630:Emergencies; D020701:Esophagoscopes; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020699:Gastroscopes; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans