General practice and teaching hospital use of barium meal examinations in the City and Hackney Health District
| Autor: | B. G. Conry, A. M. Mclean, M. J. Farthing |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Outpatient Clinics Hospital Teaching hospital chemistry.chemical_compound Age groups London medicine Humans In patient business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology Age Factors General Medicine Middle Aged Barium meal Barium sulfate chemistry General practice Female Barium Sulfate Family Practice business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Postgraduate Medical Journal. 62:273-275 |
| ISSN: | 1469-0756 0032-5473 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/pgmj.62.726.273 |
| Popis: | Summary The value of barium meal examination in the management of younger patients with dyspepsia has been seriously questioned as diagnostic yield is reported to be low with only minor abnormalities detected. Our 9 month survey of general practice and hospital out-patient use of barium meal examination in the City and Hackney Health District during 1983–84 shows that 51% of patients investigated were < 50 years and 20% < 30 years of age, suggesting that clinicians have not heeded these warnings. However, 30% of the younger patients had barium meal mucosal abnormalities. Over all age groups abnormalities were more prevalent in men and in general practice rather than hospital out-patient referrals (59% vs 45%; P < 0.02). Previous studies may therefore have underestimated the prevalence of barium meal abnormalities in younger patients, and continued use of this examination in such patients may indicate that clinicians have found the results helpful in patient management. |
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