What Is the Prevalence of Clinically Significant Endoscopic Findings in Subjects With Dyspepsia? Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

• Published in: Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology Vol. 8; no. 10; pp. 830 - 837.e2
• Main Authors: Ford, Alexander C., Marwaha, Avantika, Lim, Allen, Moayyedi, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2010
• Subjects: Adult; Dyspepsia; Dyspepsia - epidemiology; Dyspepsia - etiology; Endoscopy; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Gastrointestinal Diseases - complications; Gastrointestinal Diseases - diagnosis; Humans; Meta-analysis; Prevalence; Rome; GI; Rome; Prevalence; OR; Dyspepsia; CI; Endoscopy; Meta-analysis; gastrointestinal; confidence interval; odds ratio

Evolving definitions of dyspepsia may lead to differences in the prevalence of clinically significant findings encountered at upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy in sufferers. However, few studies report the prevalence of endoscopic findings in individuals with dyspepsia. We conducted a systematic...