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. 2012 Jul;5(4):249–260. doi: 10.1177/1756283X12437874

Table 5.

Conventional test and wireless motility capsule findings in relation to clinical suspicion.

Clinical suspicion Conventional test sensitivity Wireless motility capsule findings
Capsule sensitivity in target region Capsule specificity in target region Abnormal transit in other regions
Suspected gastric emptying delay 17/44 (38.6%) 24/52 (46.2%) 19/28 (67.9%) Small intestine: 10/49 (20.4%)
Colon: 25/47 (53.2%)
Suspected small intestinal transit delay 4/6 (66.7%) 1/11 (9.1%) 54/64 (84.4%) Stomach: 5/13 (38.5%)
Colon: 4/10 (40%)
Suspected colonic transit delay 9/16 (56.2%) 32/55 (58.2%) 11/18 (61.1%) Stomach: 25/60 (41.7%)
Small intestine: 8/56 (14.3%)

Adapted from Kuo et al. [2011].