An Evaluation of 605 Endoscopic Examination in a Rural Setting, Lacor Hospital in Northern Uganda.
Br J Med Med Res
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2016; 15(10):1-7
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in English
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| ID: sea-183164
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the profile of esophagogastroduodenal (EGDS) diseases diagnosed by upper endoscopy in a rural area of Uganda in a retro-protective study of 605 patients.Results:
The mean age of patients with digestive symptoms was 39.7yrs (SD +/-16.11) and female gender predominated by 60% compared to the male (P value 0.000). Peasant farmers were the commonest group with GI symptoms requiring EGDS compared to the rest 72.1% v 27.9%. Epigastric pain was the commonest indication (58%) for EGDS, followed by chest pain (11%), abdominal pain (8.8%), dyspahgia (7.6%) and hematemesis (7.3%). The commonest endoscopy finding was gastritis (47.9%) followed by esophagitis (14.4%), cancer esophagus (5.1%), esophageal varicose (4%), PUD (2.3%), gastric cancer (1%). However 19.5% of patients had normal EGDS. There was a significant correlation between the outpatient diagnosis and endoscopy finding (P value 0.01, r = 0.144) and between endoscopy finding and histology findings (P value 0.001, r = 0.236). H. pylori was positive in 53% of patients with gastritis.Conclusion:
Gastritis is the commonest lesion (47.9%) of which 53% have H pylori and Cancer esophagus account for 5.1% of GI lesion in our setting. Cancer stomach is rare in our setting.
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Br J Med Med Res
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2016
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