Paediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy: experience in a Sudanese university hospital
| Autor: | N H Eltaybe, S H Suleiman, Shakir Z Ibrahim, N M Gamer, Hatim Mudawi, M A El Tahir, F A Abdallha |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Colonoscopy Sigmoidoscopy General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Endoscopy medicine.anatomical_structure parasitic diseases medicine Vomiting population characteristics Abdomen Hernia medicine.symptom Varices business human activities |
| Zdroj: | Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 15:1027-1031 |
| ISSN: | 1687-1634 1020-3397 |
| DOI: | 10.26719/2009.15.4.1027 |
| Popis: | We investigated the indications for and findings of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy in all children < or = 16 years old referred for the procedure to the endoscopy unit at Soba University Hospital, Khartoum from January 2004 to January 2006. Thus 113 children were enrolled; 73% underwent upper GI endoscopy, 27% lower GI endoscopy (15% colonoscopy, 12% flexible sigmoidoscopy). Indications for upper GI endoscopy included haematemesis (24%), portal hypertension (21%), abdominal pain (16%) and vomiting (15%). Diagnoses included oesophageal varices (16%), gastritis (7%) and hiatus hernia (6%). Indications for lower GI endoscopy included rectal bleeding (87%), diarrhoea (19%) and anaemia (10%). |
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