Digestive endoscopy in five decades

Digestive endoscopy in five decades.

The world of gastroenterology changed forever when flexible endoscopes became available in the 1960s. Diagnostic and therapeutic techniques proliferated and entered the mainstream of medicine, not without some controversy. Success resulted in a huge service demand, with the need to train more endoscopists and to organise large endoscopy units and teams of staff. The British health service strug...

Digestive endoscopy in Diagnostic Medicine

Fever of Unknown origin (FUO) poses a diagnostic dilemma for most physicians especially when a thorough diagnostic workup is inconclusive. It was defined by Beeson and Petersdorf in1961 as a fever that is greater than 38.3 degrees Celsius (°C), persisting for a period longer than three weeks with a failure to reach a diagnosis despite one week of inpatient investigations [1]. The most common et...

Radiation protection in digestive endoscopy: European Society of Digestive Endoscopy (ESGE) guideline.

This article expresses the current view of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) about radiation protection for endoscopic procedures, in particular endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Particular cases, including pregnant women and pediatric patients, are also discussed. This Guideline was developed by a group of endoscopists and medical physicists to ensu...

Informed consent for digestive endoscopy.

Informed consent is necessary in good clinical practice. It is based on the patient´s ability to understand the information about the proposed procedure, the potential consequences and complications, and alternative options. The information is written in understandable language and is fortified by verbal discussion between physician and patient. The aim is to explain the problem, answer all que...

Peculiarities of Paediatric Digestive Endoscopy