Open AccessAppropriateness of Referral for Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Author(s) -
Mizanur Rahman Khan,
Abdul Wahab,
Muaz Yasin,
Farzana Zafreen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of armed forces medical college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2224-7327
pISSN - 1992-5743
DOI - 10.3329/jafmc.v14i2.45897
Subject(s) - referral , medicine , guideline , nonprobability sampling , family medicine , tertiary care , endoscopy , sampling (signal processing) , general surgery , emergency medicine , pediatrics , population , surgery , pathology , environmental health , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
Introduction: Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGE) allows physicians to directly schedule endoscopic procedures for their patients without prior consultation. Evaluation of appropriateness of endoscopic procedures is associated with costs and benets.
Objectives: To assess the appropriateness of the use of UGE in an open-access setting in Bangladesh.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional multicenter study was conducted among 300 patients referred for UGE at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Shaheed Suhrawardi Medical College and Hospital from January 2016 to June 2016. The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) guidelines was used to assess the appropriateness of referral. The participants were selected by purposive nonprobability sampling and a pre-tested questionnaire was used for data collection.
Results: Out of 300 respondents 62.3% was male. History of smoking was more in male and taking NSAIDs were more in the female. In UGE 46.7% revealed normal findings but majority 53.3% had some pathology. About 86% cases, UGE was found appropriate according to ASGE guideline and majority appropriate cases 37.3% were referred by internal medicine specialist. Appropriateness of referral among different physicians was not statistically significant.
Conclusion: Appropriateness of referral for UGE performed in tertiary care level hospitals in an open-access setting like Bangladesh was satisfactory.
Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.14 (2) 2018: 152-155