1. Capsule Endoscopy Jessica Blandin BME 281 Professor Yin Sun

2. Gastrointestinal Bleeding Is any type of bleeding that occurs in the gastrointestinal tract from the pharynx to the rectum Treatments involves proton pump inhibitors, octeotride, and antibiotics (Certain Cases) There is also an emphasis on resuscitation by infusion of intravenous fluids and blood transfusion. Gastrointestinal Bleeding is usually discovered by Upper endoscopy, Colonoscopy, or Capsule Endoscopy.

3. Upper endoscopy & Colonoscopy Upper endoscopy-Procedure that visualizes the uses upper part of the gastrointestinal tract up to the duodenom Colonoscopy- examination of the large bowl and the distal part of the small bowl.

4. What is Capsule Endoscopy? A way to record images of the digestive tract through a small camera in the pill. It is the size and shape of a pill. (11x26mm) Created in Israel. Adopted in the U.S Approved by the U.S Food & Drug Administration 2001

5. Structure Contains Lens 4 emitting diodes Color camera 2 batteries Radio Frequency Transmitter Antenna

6. Methods 1)Patient are required to fast for 12 hours before taking the capsule 2)Patients drink a Simethicone Solution 3)Thirdly, the patients have a belt tied around their waste. This belt contains a sensor. 3)Next they swallow the capsule. After they swallow it they are required to not have anything in their mouths for 4 hours.

7. Methods Continued 4)After 8 hours sensor is removed from them. 5) Capsule is then digested from the system. 6) The recordings are then downloaded to a computer software from the belt.

8. Pros & Cons Identifies bleeding in the small bowel that can not be reach High Resolution Images There are no therapeutic capabilities for it. Becoming impacted into a region due to inflammatory bowl disease, surgical adhesions etc.

9. Results 22 Patients were tested Capsule had a transit time of 257 minutes in the small intestine Out of the 22 patients tested only 21 capsules were retrieved Capsule were intact Bleeding sites were identified in 11 of the patients

10. Conclusion

11. Work Cited Wikipedia: Capsure Endoscopy. Lewis,Blair M.D,Swain,Paul, MD: write a paper. Capsule endoscopy in the evaluation of patients with suspected small intestinal bleeding:,2002 Koichi, Soga: In vivo imaging of intestinal helminths by capsule endoscopy,2013 Wikipedia:Gastro Intestinal Bleeding:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrointestinal_bleedinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrointestinal_bleeding Wikipedia: Upper Endoscopy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_endoscopy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_endoscopy Wikipedia:Colonoscopy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonoscopyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonoscopy Adler,Douglas MD:Wireless Capsule Endoscopy