Inpatient Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy: Not Associated With Bleeding Site Identification or 30-Day Readmission Prevention.

Background The utility of small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) in the inpatient setting is controversial due to retention rates and costs. Aim This study aims to evaluate whether using SBCE significantly improved the identification of potential bleeding sites or reduced the risk of 30-day readmission for overt or occult gastrointestinal bleeding. Methods This was a single-center retrospective cohort study involving inpatients who underwent SBCE at a suburban tertiary care hospital from January 1, 2012, to January 1, 2022, for suspected small bowel bleeding.

Inpatient Gastroenterology Consults Have Little Utility Before Transesophageal Echocardiograms in a Prospective Cohort Study.

Introduction: Despite the well-documented safety of transesophageal echocardiograms (TEEs), inpatient gastroenterology (GI) services are called to clear patients for the procedure when they have GI symptoms or comorbidities ranging from mild to clinically significant. We aimed to assess the clinical utility of such consults in preventing TEE complications.

Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study of all inpatients at our institution who had a TEE ordered from 7/1/2021 through 7/1/2022.

Principal component analysis identifies differential gender-specific dietary patterns that may be linked to mental distress in human adults.

Independent reports describe the structural differences between the human male and female brains and the differential gender-susceptibility to mood disorders. Nutrition is one of the modifiable risk factors that has been reported to impact brain chemistry and affect mental health. To study dietary patterns in adult men and women in relation to mental distress.