آندوسکوپی دستگاه گوارش فوقانی کودکان: تجربه شش ماهه در بیمارستان کودکان علی اصغر (ع)

In this descriptive study, 54 children with upper gastrointestinal complaints were seen in gastroenterology clinic of Hazrat-e Aliasghar Children's Hospital in Tehran and endoscopic findings were reviewed. In these children the most common complaint was chronic abdominal pain (78%) and the most common endoscopic finding was nodularity in antrum (39%). Gastritis was the most common finding (43.5%) in 23 patients with positive urease test. Rate of infection with Helicobacter pylori was directly related to age, but was not related to sex.