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. 2016 Mar 22;4(4):E480–E486. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-100718

Table 1. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria.

Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria
  • Age > 18 years

  • Known diagnosis of CD, being referred for (re-) assessment of extent & severity of SB inflammation

  • Suspected CD with FC > 200 µg/g

  • Pregnancy or lactation

  • Swallowing difficulties or frailty

  • Known SB strictures

  • Pacemaker/ICD in situ

  • Psychiatric history

  • Prior upper gastrointestinal tract surgery (other than end-to-end anastomosis)

  • Known DM or other cause of metabolic gastroparesis

  • Pts on codeine/morphinoids unable or unwilling to stop them prior to the study

  • Lactose intolerance or egg allergy (for PC)

  • Positive hydrogen breath test

  • History of functional symptoms e. g. cyclical vomiting, irritable bowel syndrome

Abbreviations: CD, Crohn’s disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; FC, fecal calprotectin; ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator; PC, patency capsule; SB, small-bowel; pts, patients