aim : to determine the co-incidence of gallstones with upper gi disease in patients who were candidate for elective cholecystectomy. background : typical pain of gallstones frequently cause special pattern which can usually be distinguished from symptoms of other organic and functional diseases. but patient with cholelithiasis and atypical pattern of abdominal pain seems to bring about a challe...

background: acute upper gi bleeding (ugib) is a common medical emergency situation. in the past years, important changes have taken place that might have influenced the incidence, etiology, and outcome for patients with acute ugib. the aim of this study was to determine current time trends in the incidence, management, and prognosis of patients with ugib in 14 years period in a region in center...

upper gi endoscopy

BACKGROUND The pathophysiology of upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms is still poorly understood. Psychological symptoms were found to be more common in patients with functional gastrointestinal complaints, but it is debated whether they are primarily linked to GI symptoms or rather represent motivations for health-care seeking. Purpose of our study was to compare co-morbidity, in particular p...

background: endoscopic therapies can decrease the morbidity of patients with high risk peptic ulcer. the aim of this study was to evaluate the beneficial effects of oral omeprazole therapy in patients with bleeding peptic ulcer who received combined endoscopic treatment (epinephrine injection and argon plasma coagulation). materials and methods: eighty six patients with bleeding from gastric, d...

dyspepsia is a common gastrointestinal symptom reported in 2.9-29% of the adult iranian population. this symptom usually results from functional disease, but in one-third of cases an organic cause such as peptic ulcers, esophagitis, and in less than one percent gastric cancer can be found. the timing of an endoscopic evaluation, the value of acid reducing agents, herbal medicine and the role of...

BACKGROUND Celecoxib and meloxicam are classified as cyclo-oxygenase (COX)-2 selective inhibitors, and were developed to minimize the risk of gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity commonly associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The Drug Safety Research Unit (DSRU) monitored the safety of these drugs immediately after launch in England using the non-interventional observational...

we report the case of a three-year-old girl who complained from dysphagia and post-prandial vomiting since she was 6months old. several diagnostic work-ups were performed for her problem. upper gi endoscopy was normal but barium swallow revealed an external pressure effect over upper part of the esophagus (figure 1) and the ct angiography of thoracic aorta showed that this external pressure eff...