diverticulum Kramer & Chokhavatia Case report 1 patient 1/1 procedure: (2012) 1 capsule dislodgement in the left pyriform sinus Shahid & Fisher (2011) Case report 1 patient 1/1 procedure: 1 capsule dislodgement in the left mainstem bronchus Triester et al. (2005) Case report 1 patient 1/1 procedure: 1 sharp substernal chest pain and dyspnoea Renteln et al. (2008) Case report 1 patient 1/1 procedure: 1 capsule aspiration and decreased oxygen saturation Table Chest discomfort / complications resulting from catheter-free (wireless) oesophageal pH monitoring in adults Study Level and quality Population Chest discomfort / complications per procedure Lacy et al. Level IV 375 patients 1/375 procedures (2011) Q1 1 transient chest discomfort Post-test case series Crowell et al. Level IV 294 patients 203/294 procedures (2008) Q1 121 chest discomfort Case series 82 chest pain Tseng et al. Level IV 190 procedures, 2/190 procedures (2005) 186 patients Q1 2 sufficient chest pain Retrospective case series Ahlawat et al. Level IV 82 patients 4/82 procedures (2006) Q1 4 severe chest pain Retrospective case series 53 patients were physically aware of the presence of the pH-monitoring capsule in the oesophagus, with symptoms ranging from a foreign-body sensation to a mild discomfort, to chest pain Tharavej et al. Level IV 80 patients 10/80 procedures (2006) Q1 10 new onset chest pain Case series In 6 of these patients the chest pain was associated with hypertensive oesophageal contractions Remes-Troche Level IV 77 patients 26/77 procedures et al. (2005) Q1 26 chest pain Prospective case series Marchese et al. Level IV 39 patients 2/39 procedures (2006) Q1 2 severe retrosternal chest pain Prospective case series Azzam et al. Level IV 25 patients 0/25 procedures (2012)a Q1 No patient experienced severe chest pain or any other symptom requiring endoscopic removal of In-subject simultaneous recording the capsule study
diverticulum Kramer & Chokhavatia (2012) Case report 1 patient 1/1 procedure: 1 capsule dislodgement in the left pyriform sinus Shahid & Fisher (2011) Case report 1 patient 1/1 procedure: 1 capsule dislodgement in the left mainstem bronchus Triester et al. (2005) Case report 1 patient 1/1 procedure: 1 sharp substernal chest pain and dyspnoea Renteln et al. (2008) Case report 1 patient 1/1 procedure: 1 capsule aspiration and decreased oxygen saturation Table Chest discomfort / complications resulting from catheter-free (wireless) oesophageal pH monitoring in adults Study Level and quality Population Chest discomfort / complications per procedure Lacy et al. (2011) Level IV Q1 Post-test case series 375 patients 1/375 procedures 1 transient chest discomfort Crowell et al. (2008) Level IV Q1 Case series 294 patients 203/294 procedures 121 chest discomfort 82 chest pain Tseng et al. (2005) Level IV Q1 Retrospective case series 190 procedures, 186 patients 2/190 procedures 2 sufficient chest pain Ahlawat et al. (2006) Level IV Q1 Retrospective case series 82 patients 4/82 procedures 4 severe chest pain 53 patients were physically aware of the presence of the pH-monitoring capsule in the oesophagus, with symptoms ranging from a foreign-body sensation to a mild discomfort, to chest pain Tharavej et al. (2006) Level IV Q1 Case series 80 patients 10/80 procedures 10 new onset chest pain In 6 of these patients the chest pain was associated with hypertensive oesophageal contractions Remes-Troche et al. (2005) Level IV Q1 Prospective case series 77 patients 26/77 procedures 26 chest pain Marchese et al. (2006) Level IV Q1 Prospective case series 39 patients 2/39 procedures 2 severe retrosternal chest pain Azzam et al. (2012)a Level IV Q1 In-subject simultaneous recording study 25 patients 0/25 procedures No patient experienced severe chest pain or any other symptom requiring endoscopic removal of the capsule
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