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Lead
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Age
7–18
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
patients between 7 and 18 years old
presenting a portal hypertension and/or cirrhosis
patients who are referred for a conventional EGD under general sedation
patients who are not participating in other clinical studies
written informed consent obtained from the patient and his/her legal guardians.
You may not be if
patients presenting a contra indication for upper endoscopy or for the ingestion of the video capsule, especially those with clinical or radiological suspicion of upper gastrointestinal strictures (esophageal surgery or eosinophile esophagitys)
patients presenting with dysphagia or gastrointestinal tract strictures (patients with Crohn's disease, small bowel carcinoma, stenosis due to the chronic use of a NSAI medication, acute necrotizing enterocolitis or prior abdominal surgery of the gastrointestinal tract); swallowing disorders with or without impaired consciousness;
patients under calcium channel blocking agents medication;
patient presenting with diverticulosis (Marphan's or Ehlers Danlos's syndrome)
patients with cardiac pacemaker or other implanted electro medical device
patients scheduled for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination within 7 days after ingestion of the capsule (and until the capsule is evacuated)
any other life-threatening conditions.
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