Development and Implementation of a Comprehensive Quality Assurance Program at a Community Endoscopy Facility by Robert J Hilsden, Alaa Rostom, Catherine Dubé, Darlene Pontifex, S Elizabeth McGregor, Ronald J Bridges

“…Establishing the processes and procedures for a comprehensive QA program can be a daunting proposition for an endoscopy unit. The present article describes the steps taken to establish a QA program at the Forzani & MacPhail Colon Cancer Screening Centre (Calgary, Alberta) – a colorectal cancer screening centre and nonhospital endoscopy unit that is dedicated to providing colorectal cancer screening-related colonoscopies. …”
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The future of capsule endoscopy in clinical practice: from diagnostic to therapeutic experimental prototype capsules by Michael Vasilakakis, Anastasios Koulaouzidis, Wojciech Marlicz, Dimitris Iakovidis

Subjects: “…therapeutic capsule endoscopy…”
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Third-Generation Capsule Endoscopy Outperforms Second-Generation Based on the Detectability of Esophageal Varices by Sayoko Kunihara, Shiro Oka, Shinji Tanaka, Ichiro Otani, Atsushi Igawa, Yuko Nagaoki, Hiroshi Aikata, Kazuaki Chayama

“…The third-generation capsule endoscopy (SB3) was shown to have better image resolution than that of SB2. …”
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Transoral Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy: A Useful Complementary Tool in Sleep Surgery by Ahmed Elsobki, Mohammed Elshaer, Hassan Ghabn, Mohamed E. El-deeb, Luci Suliman

“… Introduction Drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) is performed widely, and several studies have demonstrated its validity as it provides clinical information not available by routine clinical inspection alone.…”
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Patient Satisfaction with the Endoscopy Experience and Willingness to Return in a Central Canadian Health Region by Russell Loftus, Zoann Nugent, Lesley A Graff, Frederick Schumacher, Charles N Bernstein, Harminder Singh

“…OBJECTIVE: Patient experiences with endoscopy visits within a large central Canadian health region were evaluated to determine the relationship between the visit experience and the patients’ willingness to return for future endoscopy, and to identify the factors associated with patients’ willingness to return.…”
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Unifying terminology, reporting, and bowel preparation standards in colon capsule endoscopy: Nyborg Consensus by Ian Io Lei, Anastasios Koulaouzidis, Benedicte Schelde-Olesen, James Turvill, Pablo Cortegoso Valdivia, Emanuele Rondonotti, John N. Plevris, Martin Keuchel, Jean-Christophe Saurin, Xavier Dray, Jacob Broder Brodersen, Mark McAlindon, Ervin Toth, Alexander Robertson, Ramesh Arasaradnam

Subjects: “…Endoscopy Lower GI Tract…”
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Measuring Medical Waste from Gastrointestinal Endoscopies in South Korea to Estimate Their Carbon Footprint by Da Hyun Jung, Hyun Jung Lee, Tae Joo Jeon, Young Sin Cho, Bo Ra Kang, Nae Sun Youn, Jae Myung Cha

Subjects: “…carbon footprint; gastrointestinal endoscopy; medical waste; green endoscopy; sustainability…”
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Real-Time Multichannel Imaging Framework for Endoscopy, Catheters, and Fixed Geometry Intraoperative Systems by Rahul A. Sheth, Rabi Upadhyay, Ralph Weissleder, Umar Mahmood

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The Role of Rapid Endoscopy for High-Risk Patients with Acute Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Laura E Targownik, Sanjay Murthy, Leila Keyvani, Shauna Leeson

“…BACKGROUND: Performance of endoscopy within 24 h is recommended for patients with acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (ANVUGIB). …”
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Features of the Atrophic Corpus Mucosa in Three Cases of Autoimmune Gastritis Revealed by Magnifying Endoscopy by Kazuyoshi Yagi, Atsuo Nakamura, Atsuo Sekine, David Graham

“…Here, we report the use of magnifying endoscopy to identify and distinguish atrophic gastritis caused by H. pylori from autoimmune gastritis. …”
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Novel device for blunt dissection in third space endoscopy: Preliminary animal study (with video) by Takashi Yokouchi, Teppei Masunaga, Kurato Miyazaki, Motohiko Kato, Shota Fujii, Kota Momose, Kotaro Yamashita, Takuro Saito, Koji Tanaka, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Tomoki Makino, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yukinori Kurokawa, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yuichiro Doki, Kiyokazu Nakajima

Subjects: “…Endoscopy Upper GI Tract…”
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Remimazolam for procedural sedation in gastrointestinal endoscopy: real-life, single center observational study by Conigliaro Rita, Pigò Flavia, Caiazzo Anna, Grande Giuseppe, Russo Salvatore, Cocca Silvia, Lupo Marinella, Marocchi Margherita, Marsico Maria, Sculli Simone, Bertani Helga

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Can drug-induced sleep endoscopy improve the success rates of tongue base surgery? by Jong-Gyun Ha, Youngwoo Lee, Jae Sung Nam, Jeong Jin Park, Joo-Heon Yoon, Chang-Hoon Kim, Hyung-Ju Cho

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Glasgow-Blatchford and Rockall score utility in predicting findings on video capsule endoscopy in patients admitted with overt small bowel bleeding by Raquel Ballester, James O'Connell, Conor Costigan, Shreyashee Sengupta, Thilagaraj Manoharan, Monserrat Martinez, Deirdre Mc Namara

Subjects: “…Endoscopy Small Bowel…”
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Digestive endoscopic removal of cocaine pellets: Safety evaluation by Alolia Aboikoni, Marion Wallyn, Timothée Bonifay, Piseth Chhorn, Balandougou Sylla, Marthe Alogo A Nwatsok, Alix Becar, Paul Ngock Dime, Thi Thu Nga Nguyen, Alexis Fremery, Lorenzo Garzelli, Houari Aissaoui, Magaly Zappa, Dominique Louvel

Subjects: “…Endoscopy Upper GI Tract…”
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Percutaneous needle decompression for tension pneumoperitoneum during GI endoscopy: a step-by-step guide by Natalie J. Wilson, MD, Rahul Karna, MD, Giovanni A. Roldan, MD, Roberto Osorio Cintron, RN, Alexander Leaf, RN, Daniela Guerrero Vinsard, MD, Mohammad Bilal, MD

“…Background and Aims: GI tract perforations during endoscopy can lead to serious adverse events such as tension pneumoperitoneum. …”
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Intervention effect of ventilator‑assisted emergency endoscopy in the treatment of cirrhosis‑associated esophagogastric variceal bleeding by Xiu-Lian Wu, Yanmei Gu, Wenhui Wang, Jiayuan Wei, Xiaoqing Sun, Wenyue Hu, Wenhui He

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Motion – All Patients with GERD Should Be Offered Once in a Lifetime Endoscopy: Arguments for the Motion by David Armstrong

“…Proton pump inhibitor therapy is so successful at relieving refluxrelated symptoms and healing esophageal erosions that it has supplanted formal diagnostic techniques, such as endoscopy and esophageal pH monitoring, for the initial management of gastroesophageal reflux disease. …”
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GLP-1 receptor agonist use does not increase risk of respiratory complications post-endoscopy by Jena Velji-Ibrahim, Piyush Nathani, Harsh K Patel, Prateek Sharma

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An In-Depth Study of Personalized Anesthesia Management Models in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Based on Multimodal Deep Learning by Hanqi Shi, Hongyu Wang, Xibing Ding, Zheng Dang

Subjects: “…Gastrointestinal endoscopy…”
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