Video capsule endoscopy as the initial examination for overt obscure gastrointestinal bleeding can efficiently identify patients who require double-balloon enteroscopy

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of study patients

Characteristic	Patients n = 89
Age, years, median (range)	70 (30–92)
Male : Female	48 : 41
Type of gastrointestinal bleeding
Overt ongoing	55 (62 %)
Overt previous	34 (38 %)
Medication used
Antiplatelet medicine	16 (18 %)
Anticoagulation	9 (10 %)
Both anticoagulation and antiplatelet	3 (3 %)
NSAIDs	3 (3 %)
Hemoglobin, g/L, median (range)	9.3 (5.3–14.7)

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