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Saturday, November 22, 2008

PillCam may aid children with IBD

(CNN Money) UPDATED 2008-07-09
A new study has found that a PillCam endoscopy may more accurately diagnose children who suffer from inflammatory bowel disease. The study found that 71 percent of the pediatric patients who had been diagnosed with indeterminant colitis or ulcerative colitis before undergoing endoscopy were actually found to have Crohn's disease. Similarly, 62 percent of the children who had been previously diagnosed with Crohn's were found to have more extensive small bowel disease than had been identified.  Read full story >
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