title: [Is screening of wireless capsule endoscopies by non-physicians feasible?].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: H:S Rigshospitalet, Abdominalcentret, Abdominalkirurgisk Klinik CTX, København Ø. caroline.ewertsen@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ewertsen
authors.forename: Claus Bo Søndergaard
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Svendsen
authors.forename: Lars Bo
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Svendsen
authors.forename: Carsten Palnaes
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Jens H Riisager
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Gustafsen
authors.forename: Marianne B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Jendresen
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002214:Capsules