Open AccessUPPER GI ENDOSCOPY
Author(s) -
Muhammad Zakria,
Awais Shuja
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2014.21.03.2148
Subject(s) - medicine , duodenitis , endoscopy , esophagitis , epigastric pain , vomiting , esophageal varices , gastroenterology , gastritis , surgery , reflux , disease , helicobacter pylori , portal hypertension , cirrhosis
Objective: To document various endoscopic findings in patients undergoingupper GI endoscopy in our endoscopy unit. Design: Observational. Patients and methods: Thedata of 100 patients who underwent upper GI endoscopy in Endoscopy Unit of IndependentMedical College/ Independent University Hospital from April 2010 to December 2012 wasanalyzed. Demographic features, reasons for referral and endoscopic diagnoses were noted.Results: Among 100 patients, 35% were referred due to persistent vomiting, 28% due toepigastric pain / discomfort, 18 % due to dyspepsia and 7% due to retrosternal burning and uppergastrointestinal bleeding. Common endoscopic diagnoses were gastritis (28%), duodenitis(14%), gastroesophageal reflux disease / esophagitis (6%), esophageal varices (5%) andesophageal growth (4%). Conclusions: The most common presenting complaint was persistentvomiting followed by epigastric pain / discomfort and the most common endoscopic finding wasgastritis.