The Procedure Upper GI endoscopy is usually performed on an outpatient basis. The throat is often anesthetized by a spray or liquid. Intravenous sedation is usually given to relax the patient, deaden the gag reflex and cause short-term amnesia. For some individuals who can relax on their own ...
-Upper GI endoscopy-Esophageal manometric (motility) studies (measures pressure in esophagus and LES) Why would biopsy testing be used in GERD? For determining between carcinoma and Barrett's esophagus What are nutritional recommendations for patients with GERD? -Decrease high-fat foods-Take fluids ...
Optimizing early upper gastrointestinal cancer detection at endoscopy. Nat Reviews Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015;12(11):660–7. Article Google Scholar Vedeld HM, Goel A, Lind GE. Epigenetic biomarkers in gastrointestinal cancers: the current state and clinical perspectives. InSeminars in cancer biology...
Inflammatory bowel disease, diagnosis - Two or more biopsies from the esophagus, stomach and duodenum (see also indications for biopsy in lower endoscopy, below); Acute graft versus host disease - In case of non-diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy, an upper endoscopy should be performed with four o...
Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients are not uncommon, particularly under dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). The efficiency and safety of early endoscopy (EE) for UGIB in these patients needs to be elucida
Gastrointestinal EndoscopyHEUSS LT,HANHART A,DELL-KUSTER S,et al.Propofol sedation alone or in combination with pharyngeal lidocaine anesthesia for routine upper GI endo-scopy:a randomized,double-blind,placebocontrolled,non-inferiority trial[J].Gastrointest Endosc,2011,74:1207-1214....
Find out more Laparoscopic Surgery Laparoscopic Surgery Laparoscopic surgery utilises minimally invasive techniques to treat upper gastro-intestinal diseases and problems. Find out more LINX Procedure
Most studies confirmed cases of UGIC by requiring a positive endoscopy or other diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. However, some studies conducted in databases, which identified potential cases of UGIC by discharge codes, did not conduct any validation of the cases identified, thus introducing miscl...
Endoscopy 1995;27:438–442. | PubMed | ChemPort | Duranceau A, Rheault MJ, Jamieson GG. Physiological response to cricopharyngeal myotomy and diverticulum suspension. Surgery 1983;94:655–662. | PubMed | ChemPort | Lerut T, Van Raemdonck D, Guelinckx P. Pharyngo-oesophageal diverticulum (...
The variances in the otoscopy findings between control and treatment at T1 were measured by one-way ANOVA. The same test was done to evaluate the other three features (impedance, fibro-endoscopy, and PTA). The numeric results of health questionnaires were compared between the groups using one-...