Is Endoscopy Really Necessary in My Case? A Four Year Retrospective Study.

Autor:	Dinesh HN; Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, MMCRI and KR Hospital , Mysore, Karnataka, India ., Kumar CJ; Post Graduate Student, Department of General Surgery, MMCRI and KR Hospital , Mysore, Karnataka, India ., Sanjay HM; Post Graduate Student, Department of General Surgery, MMCRI and KR Hospital , Mysore, Karnataka, India ., Sachin V; Post Graduate Student, Department of General Surgery, MMCRI and KR Hospital , Mysore, Karnataka, India ., Basavaraju; Post Graduate Student, Department of General Surgery, MMCRI and KR Hospital , Mysore, Karnataka, India .
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR [J Clin Diagn Res] 2015 Jul; Vol. 9 (7), pp. PC12-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jul 01.
DOI:	10.7860/JCDR/2015/13833.6242
Abstrakt:	Introduction: About 40% of the general population report dyspepsia at some time in their life making it a fairly common disease. Uncomplicated dyspepsia refers to patients whose dyspepsia is not accompanied by alarm features or associated with NSAIDS usage. Aim: To assess the need for UGI Endoscopy and find out the patterns of different endoscopic presentations in patients presenting with uncomplicated dyspepsia. Materials and Methods: Our study conducted in KR Hospital, Mysore, Department of General Surgery is a retrospective endoscopic study of 1450 patients with uncomplicated dysepsia. Results: A significant 64% of the patients presenting with uncomplicated dyspepsia were found to have findings on endoscopy. The most common age range for positive endoscopic findings was 40-50 years in our hospital. Malignancy was diagnosed in 2.5% patients. Conclusion: We recommend upper GI endoscopy in patients presenting with uncomplicated dyspepsia for patients above 40 years of age in our hospital.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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