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. 2022 Jun 30;103(5):367–377. doi: 10.1159/000525314

Table 2.

Results of early CE (n = 51)

n (%, 95% CI for %)
CE findings
 Total of positive findings 29 (56.9, 42.8–70.9)
 Stomach 1 (2.0)
 Polyp and blood without definite bleeding source 1 (2.0)
 Duodenum 1 (2.0)
 Erosion 1 (2.0)
 Small bowel 16 (31.4, 18.2–44.6)
 P2 lesion 6 (11.8, 2.6–20.9)
 Ulceration* 4 (7.8)
 Angioectasia 2 (3.9)
 P1 lesion (erosion) 8 (15.7, 5.4–26.0)
 P0 lesion (small diverticulum) 2 (3.9, −1.6–9.4)
 Small bowel lesion followed by DBE after CE 3 (5.9)
 Colon 12 (23.5, 11.5–35.6)
 Blood pooling without definite bleeding source* 12 (23.5)
 No blood and no lesion 22 (43.1)
Final diagnosis of potential bleeding source
 Colonic diverticulosis and small bowel ulceration 3 (5.9)
 Colonic diverticulosis and Meckel's diverticulum 1 (2.0)
 Colonic diverticulosis and small bowel angioectasia 2 (2.0)
 Colonic diverticulum** 44 (86.3)
 Small bowel ulceration (definitive) 1 (2.0)
Complication related to CE 0 (0)

CI, confidence interval; DBE, double-balloon enteroscopy.

*

Duplicated: one patient had ulcerations in the small bowel and blood pooling without a definite bleeding source in the colon.

**

Definitive diagnosis (n = 1) and presumptive diagnosis (n = 43).

‡‡ Analyzed using Fisher's exact test.