Reassessing the value of gastroscopy for the investigation of dyspepsia

Frontline Gastroenterology
Hey-Long ChingMark E McAlindon

Abstract

To evaluate the diagnostic yield of investigating dyspepsia with oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) with or without mucosal biopsy. Retrospective service evaluation study. Two teaching hospitals: The Royal Hallamshire Hospital and Northern General Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK. 500 patients, 55 years of age and over, who underwent OGD to investigate dyspepsia were included. The study period included a 3-month window. All OGDs were performed on an outpatient basis. Data were extracted from electronic OGD records within the study period. Diagnostic yield provided by endoscopic examination and histological assessment. 378 patients (75.6%) were reported to have some form of endoscopic abnormality, and 417 patients (83.4%) had biopsies taken. The most common findings at OGD were gastritis (47.2%) and oesophagitis (24.4%). Oesophagogastric malignancy was seen in 1%. Diagnoses made endoscopically or histologically that would not have been appropriately managed by empirical therapies were seen in 16.2%. OGD in dyspepsia influences patient management in approximately one-sixth of cases. However, the majority of patients are sufficiently managed with Helicobacter pylori testing and eradication and/or a tr...Continue Reading

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Feb 28, 2018·Frontline Gastroenterology·Anton V Emmanuel
Jul 19, 2018·World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG·Hey-Long ChingMark E McAlindon
Jan 24, 2019·World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG·Judith J de JongJoost Ph Drenth

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