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Review
. 2019 Jun;7(5):614-641.
doi: 10.1177/2050640619850365. Epub 2019 May 15.

Performance measures for small-bowel endoscopy: A European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Quality Improvement Initiative

Cristiano Spada  1   2 , Deirdre McNamara  3 , Edward J Despott  4 , Samuel Adler  5 , Brooks D Cash  6   7 , Ignacio Fernández-Urién  8 , Hrvoje Ivekovic  9 , Martin Keuchel  10 , Mark McAlindon  11 , Jean-Christophe Saurin  12 , Simon Panter  13 , Cristina Bellisario  14 , Silvia Minozzi  14 , Carlo Senore  14 , Cathy Bennett  15 , Michael Bretthauer  16 , Mario Dinis-Ribeiro  17 , Dirk Domagk  18 , Cesare Hassan  19 , Michal F Kaminski  20   21   22 , Colin J Rees  23 , Roland Valori  24 , Raf Bisschops  25 , Matthew D Rutter  23   26
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Performance measures for small-bowel endoscopy: A European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Quality Improvement Initiative

Cristiano Spada et al. United European Gastroenterol J. 2019 Jun.

Abstract

The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) together with the United European Gastroenterology (UEG) recently developed a short list of performance measures for small-bowel endoscopy (i.e. small-bowel capsule endoscopy and device-assisted enteroscopy) with the final goal of providing endoscopy services across Europe with a tool for quality improvement. Six key performance measures both for small-bowel capsule endoscopy and for device-assisted enteroscopy were selected for inclusion, with the intention being that practice at both a service and endoscopist level should be evaluated against them. Other performance measures were considered to be less relevant, based on an assessment of their overall importance, scientific acceptability, and feasibility. Unlike lower and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, for which performance measures had already been identified, this is the first time small-bowel endoscopy quality measures have been proposed.

Keywords: Capsule endoscopy; Crohn disease; endoscopy; gastroenterology; inflammatory bowel disease.

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Key performance measures for small-bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE). DAE: device-assisted enteroscopy; GI: gastrointestinal; NA: not applicable.
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Key performance measures for small-bowel device-assisted enteroscopy (DAE). NA: not applicable.
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