165 - ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY USING KTP LASER IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC BLEEDING FROM RADIATION PROCTITIS
Henry V Chung, Alan A Weiss
Department of Medical Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia

166 - THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH DOSE ORAL PROTON PUMP INHIBITION IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS WITH BLEEDING PEPTIC ULCERS HAVING UNDERGONE THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPY
AN Barkun^1,2, V Adam², W Kennedy³, CA Fallone¹, K Herba¹, M Bardou¹
McGill University¹, Divisions of Gastroenterology¹, Epidemiology² and the Université de Montréal, Faculty of Pharmacy³, Montréal, Québec

167 - THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH DOSE ORAL VERSUS INTRAVENOUS PROTON PUMP INHIBITION IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS WITH BLEEDING PEPTIC ULCERS HAVING UNDERGONE THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPY
AN Barkun^1,2, V Adam², W Kennedy³, CA Fallone¹, K Herba¹, M Bardou¹
McGill University¹, Divisions of Gastroenterology¹, Epidemiology² and the Université de Montréal, Faculty of Pharmacy³, Montréal, Québec

168 - ARE MEDICATIONS THAT AFFECT PLATELET FUNCTION ASSOCIATED WITH BLEEDING FOLLOWING THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPY? A CASE-CONTROL STUDY
N Hussain¹, AN Barkun^1,2, Y Toubouti², E Rahme², J-F Boivin²
Divisions of Gastroenterology¹ and Epidemiology², McGill University, Montréal, Québec

169 - GASTROINTESTINAL EFFECTS OF ROFECOXIB AND CELECOXIB VERSUS ACETAMINOPHEN AMONG PATIENTS ON LOW DOSE ASPIRIN
E Rahme¹, M Bardou², Y Toubouti¹, AN Barkun^1
1Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, ²Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Dijon, France

170 - IMPROVING ENDOSCOPY UNIT EFFICIENCY; THREE STEPS TO OPTIMIZE UTILIZATION
M Laryea, D Leddin, DM Farina
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

171 - THE ROLE OF A CLINICAL PATHWAY IN CURTAILING UNNECESSARY INVESTIGATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH GASTROENTERITIS
DA Lemberg, AS Day, M Brydon
Departments of Gastroenterology and General Medicine, Sydney Children’s Hospital and University of NSW, NSW, Australia

172 - COLONOSCOPY BIOPSY/POLYPECTOMY EXPERIENCE: A COMPARISON OF PRACTICE RESULTS 1991-93 AND 2002
K Tsoi, DG Morgan
McMaster University, Division of Gastroenterology, Hamilton, Ontario

173 - UPPER GI BLEEDING IN AN URBAN TEACHING HOSPITAL: 1992 AND 2002
DG Morgan, J Belbeck, M Lee
McMaster University, Division of Gastroenterology, Hamilton, Ontario

174 - ACUTE UPPER GI BLEEDING: SIMILAR TRENDS IN CANADA AND THE NETHERLANDS
DG Morgan, J Belbeck, M Lee
McMaster University, Division of Gastroenterology, Hamilton, Ontario

175 - A COST-EFFECTIVENESS COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES AT ONE YEAR TO MANAGE PATIENTS WITH UNINVESTIGATED DYSPEPSIA: THE CANDYS APPROACH VERSUS ANTISECRETORY THERAPY VERSUS PROMPT ENDOSCOPY
A Barkun¹, R Crott², C Fallone¹, W Kennedy2, J Lachaine², C Levington², D Armstrong³, N Chiba^3,4, A Thomson⁵, SJO Van Zanten⁶, P Sinclair⁷, B Chakraborty⁸, S Escodebo⁸, S Smyth⁸, R White⁸, K Nevin^8
1Gastroenterology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, ²Pharmacy, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, ³Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, ⁴Gastroenterology, Guelph General Hospital, Guelph, Ontario, ⁵Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, ⁶Gastroenterology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, ⁷INSINConsulting, Inc, Guelph, Ontario, ⁸AstraZeneca, Inc, Mississauga, Ontario

176 - FACTORS INFLUENCING PATIENT SATISFACTION DURING COLONOSCOPY
Hasan Zaidi, Dilip Patel
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

177 - LONG TERM FOLLOWUP OF TRIGGER POINT INJECTIONS FOR ABDOMINAL WALL PAIN
J Nazareno, T Ponich, J Gregor
Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

178 - SYMPTOM IMPROVEMENT AT ONE WEEK TO PREDICT OUTCOME AT FOUR WEEKS WITH ESOMEPRAZOLE (E) IN UNINVESTIGATED DYSPEPSIA (UD) PATIENTS: THE CONFIRMATORY ACID SUPPRESSION TEST (CAST) STUDY
D Armstrong¹, SJO Veldhuyzen van Zanten², AN Barkun³, L Tanser⁴, A Popat⁴, B Chakraborty⁴, K Nevin⁴, and the CAST Study Advisory Board
¹McMaster University, Ontario; ²Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia; ³McGill University, Quebec; ⁴AstraZeneca Canada Inc, Ontario

179 - QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) IN UNINVESTIGATED DYSPEPSIA (UD) PATIENTS FOLLOWING TREATMENT WITH ESOMEPRAZOLE (E) FOR 4 AND 8 WEEKS: THE CONFIRMATORY ACID SUPPRESSION TEST (CAST) STUDY
D Armstrong¹, SJO Veldhuyzen van Zanten², AN Barkun³, L Tanser⁴, A Popat⁴, B Chakraborty⁴, K Nevin⁴ and the CAST Study Advisory Board
¹McMaster University, Ontario; ²Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia; ³McGill University, Quebec; ⁴AstraZeneca Canada Inc, Ontario

180 - IS THERE A ROLE FOR OCTREOTIDE IN INTESTINAL LYMPHANGIECTASIA?
S Makhija, P-Y von der Weid, J Meddings, PL Beck
GI and Mucosal Inflammation Research Groups, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

181 - CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY (CE): A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE WITH THE FIRST 192 CAPSULES
R Enns, K Pluta, L Halparin, J Amar, JS Whittaker, H Chaun
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, St Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

182 - ‘SECOND-LOOK’ ENDOSCOPY IN NON-VARICEAL UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING (UGIB): RESULTS FROM REGISTRY OF UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING AND ENDOSCOPY (RUGBE)
Robert A Enns¹, Alan N Barkun², Yves M Gagnon³, David Armstrong⁴, Jamie C Gregor⁵, Richard N Fedorak⁶, and the RUGBE investigators*
¹Division of Gastroenterology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; ²Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University and the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec; ³Occam Research & Consulting Inc; ⁴Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario; ⁵Division of Gastroenterology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario; ⁶Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

183 - IMPACT OF CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY: HOW MANY OF THE LESIONS CAN BE REACHED WITH A STANDARD ENDOSCOPIC EXAM?
K Go¹, K Pluta², R Enns^2
1Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; ²Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, St Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

184 - DIAGNOSTIC OUTCOME IN PATIENTS INVESTIGATED FOR IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
Wendy Winsor, Mark Borgaonkar
Department of Internal Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, Newfoundland

185 - ASYMPTOMATIC UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL (UGI) TRACT CARCINOID TUMOURS
William Scott¹, N Ismiil², M Khalifa³, MA Cooper²
University of Glasgow, Scotland¹, University of Oklahoma, USA³, and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario²

186 - COLONOSCOPIC MISS RATES FOR RIGHT-SIDED COLORECTAL CANCER: ESTIMATES FROM A POPULATION BASED ANALYSIS
Brian Bressler¹, Lawrence Paszat¹, Chris Vinden², Cindy Li¹, Jingsong He¹, Linda Rabeneck¹
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario¹, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario²

187 - A RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE TRIAL COMPARING DIFFERENT REGIMENS OF ORAL SODIUM PHOSPHATE AND POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL SOLUTION FOR COLONOSCOPY PREPARATION
E Jolicoeur¹, A Rostom², S Gregoire², D Patel², C Dube², N Saloojee², C Lowe^2
1Division of Gastroenterology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario; ²Division of Gastroenterology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

188 - SIMPLE INTERVENTIONS SUCCESSFUL IN IMPROVING INTRAVENOUS PANTOPRAZOLE PRESCRIBING BEHAVIOUR
GG Kaplan, D Bates, D Macdonald, J Romagnuolo
Department of Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

189 - EXPERIENCE WITH A THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPY CALL-BACK SYSTEM
GI Chen, JR Love, DJ Leddin
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, QE II Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia

190 - DETERMINING THE OVERESTIMATION OF THE YIELD OF SIGMOIDOSCOPY WHEN ESTIMATED BY COLONOSCOPY
H Ergaiey, A Rostom
Division of Gastroenterology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

191 - TRANSNASAL ENDOSCOPY, IS IT PRIME TIME IN CANADA?
N Arya, K Swan, G Monkewich, SJ Tang, SA Zanati, M Cirocco, NE Marcon
Department of Gastroenterology, Therapeutic Endoscopy, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

192 - CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY FOR OBSCURE GI BLEEDING: SINGLE CENTER, ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE
Shou-jiang Tang, Simon Zanati, Elena Dubcenco, Naveen Arya, Gregory Monkewich, Maria Cirocco, Gabor Kandel, Gregory B Haber, Paul Kortan, Norman E Marcon
The Center for Therapeutic Endoscopy and Endoscopic Oncology, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

193 - SELECTIVE CANNULATION OF THE COMMON BILE DUCT IN ADULT PATIENTS UNDERGOING THEIR FIRST ERCP: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING 4 FRENCH VS. 5 FRENCH SPHINCTEROTOMES
N Abraham, S Williams, K Thompson, D MacIntosh, M KhaliqKareemi, J Love
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

194 - PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION VERSUS MULTIPOLAR ELECTROCOAGULATION IN THE ABLATION OF BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS WITHOUT DYSPLASIA: ONE YEAR FOLLOW-UP RESULTS
R Enns¹, B McDougall¹, H Kooner¹, K Pluta¹, L Halparin¹, S Whittaker¹, J Amar¹, H Chaun¹, K Atkinson²
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, St Paul’s¹ and Royal Columbian² Hospitals, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia