Dyspepsia: when to endoscope?

Barrett Esophagus: When to Endoscope

Increasing interest in identifying an effective strategy for decreasing the burden of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) has been fuelled by the rising EAC rates worldwide, the morbidity associated with esophagectomy, and the development of endoscopic methods for curing early-stage EAC. In the face of this enthusiasm, however, we should be cautious about continuing our current evidence-free approa...

DYSPEPSIA MANAGEMENT Approaches to uninvestigated dyspepsia

Uninvestigated dyspepsia refers to patients with new or recurrent dyspeptic symptoms in whom no investigations have previously been undertaken. These patients are much more likely to present in primary than in secondary care. It is particularly important to be able to offer effective symptom relief to support the explanation, reassurance, and advice provided to patients, and low dose or standar...

evolving approach to dyspepsia and nonulcer dyspepsia

evolving approach to dyspepsia and nonulcer dyspepsia

Overlap in Patients With Dyspepsia/Functional Dyspepsia

Patients with dyspepsia/functional dyspepsia (FD) show frequent overlapping of other gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, such as irri-table bowel syndrome, and non-GI diseases, in addition to internal subgroup overlapping. These overlap patients have more frequent or more severe symptoms, poorer health-related quality of life and higher somatization scores, and they are more like-ly to experience a...

The outer diameter of the endoscope is important when performing endoscopic transcanal myringoplasty.