[Is screening of wireless capsule endoscopies by non-physicians feasible?].
BACKGROUND
Reading a wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) may be time-consuming. In order to reduce the time needed by a physician to view a WCE, we investigated if other medical professions could preview the video and detect bowel pathology in advance.


METHODS
A specialist in gastroenterology and two laboratory technicians independently viewed 34 consecutive WCEs and noted all findings. Thereafter, two specialists reviewed the findings made by the technicians independently in order to make a diagnosis. The results were compared with the diagnosis made by the first specialist, who viewed the entire WCE himself.


RESULTS
The reviewing specialists were able to make a correct diagnosis based on the technicians' findings in 97% and 85% of the patients, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
The study indicates that it is safe and timesaving to use other medical professions than physicians to preview WCEs.
Ewertsen
Caroline
C
H:S Rigshospitalet, Abdominalcentret, Abdominalkirurgisk Klinik CTX, København Ø. caroline.ewertsen@dadlnet.dk
Svendsen
Claus Bo Søndergaard
CB
Svendsen
Lars Bo
LB
Hansen
Carsten Palnaes
CP
Gustafsen
Jens H Riisager
JH
Jendresen
Marianne B
MB
D002214:Capsules; D002983:Clinical Competence; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000592:standards*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000592:standards*; D015588:Observer Variation; D014741:Video Recording
D002214:Capsules