Are there any risks associated with the test?
Complications are very rare but potential complications are those that are associated with gastrointestinal endoscopy and include, but are not limited to: perforation, haemorrhage, aspiration, fever, infection, hypertension, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrhythmia or arrest. Patients are restricted from undergoing an MRI study within 30 days of the Bravo procedure. Returning the Recorder It is very important that the recorder is returned promptly since it will be required by other patients. The Specialist Nurse will provide you with a box and instructions for returning the receiver either directly to the Hospital or by Registered Post. Current Experience The equipment has been used clinically in the USA since May 2002 and in the UK since October 2002. There have been rare incidences of failure to attach to the oesophagus and of premature detachment of the capsule. The GI Physiology Clinic in Reading has the largest experience of Bravo to date in the UK.
