Prevalence of Barrett’s esophagus and performance of societal screening guidelines in an unreferred primary care population of U.S. veterans

• Published in: Gastrointestinal endoscopy Vol. 93; no. 2; pp. 409 - 419.e1
• Main Authors: Nguyen, Theresa H., Thrift, Aaron P., Rugge, Massimo, El-Serag, Hashem B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2021
• Subjects: Barrett Esophagus - diagnosis; Barrett Esophagus - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Gastroesophageal Reflux - diagnosis; Gastroesophageal Reflux - epidemiology; Humans; Prevalence; Primary Health Care; Prospective Studies; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Veterans; WHR; BE; OR; ACG; CI; PPI; AUROC; MEDVAMC; ESGE; ASGE; NPV; BSG; PPV; H2RA; AGA; BMI

Less than 10% of patients diagnosed with esophageal adenocarcinoma have a pre-existing Barrett’s esophagus (BE) diagnosis, possibly because of suboptimal performance of guidelines. We examined the prevalence of BE in a previously unscreened primary care population and the potential yield of practice...