Integrated gastroenterology and rheumatology ambulatory: an innovative approach for enteropathic spondyloarthritis early diagnosis.

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may develop rheumatic diseases, particularly enterophatic spondyloarthritis (ESpA). Similarly, an IBD may develop in patients with SpA. Management of these patients in a dedicated ambulatory could be advantageous.

High concordance between trained nurses and gastroenterologists in evaluating recordings of small bowel video capsule endoscopy (VCE).

Background And Aims: . The video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is an accurate and validated tool to investigate the entire small bowel mucosa, but VCE recordings interpretation by the gastroenterologist is time-consuming. A pre-reading of VCE recordings by an expert nurse could be accurate and cost saving.

Inflammatory bowel disease nurse specialists for patients on biological therapies: a nationwide Italian survey.

Background: Management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients requires a multidisciplinary approach. Among the working team, the role of IBD nurse is expected to be particularly relevant when managing patients receiving biological therapies. We performed a survey to assess the presence of IBD nurse in centers where patients were receiving biologics.

Accuracy of trained nurses in finding small bowel lesions at video capsule endoscopy.

The video capsule endoscopy is an accurate tool to investigate the entire small bowel. Currently, the nurse actively participates in the procedure from patient preparation to the video download, whereas a gastroenterologist interprets the endoscopic findings. However, few studies recently showed high accuracy of nurses in detecting lesions in the small bowel on video capsule endoscopy recordings.