Muhammad Inayatullah, Zahra Nazish, Muhammad Saleem Akhtar, Abdul Hameed Anjum, Altaf Baqir Naqvi.
Dyspepsia and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy; Multan experience.
Professional Med J Jan ;15(1):143-7.

Objective: To find out causes of dyspepsia on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Setting: Endoscopy unit of Nishtar Hospital Multan. Period: May 2005 to August 2007. Material and methods: Patients suffering from dyspepsia were referred by consultants of Nishtar Hospital Multan and doctors working in the periphery for endoscopy. Results: 502 patients were scoped for dyspepsia; 254(50.6%) were male and 248(49.4%) were female. Mean age was 42.5 years and age range was 7-95 years. Most common lesion was gastroduodenitis (20% cases) followed by gastric ulcer (5.4% cases). Ratio of duodenal ulcer to gastric ulcer was 1:2. 56% patients had no pathology; females were more likely to have normal endoscopy. Conclusion: Gastroduodenitis is the most frequent organic cause of dyspepsia. Functional dyspepsia is more common among females.

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