The yield of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients below 60 years and without alarm symptoms presenting with dyspepsia.

Felix Theunissen Marten Alexander LantingaPieter C J Ter BorgRob J T OuwendijkMarco J Bruno Peter Derk Siersemanull null

Published in: Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology (2021)

The yield of upper GI endoscopy in low-risk (<60 years, no alarm symptoms) patients with dyspepsia is very limited. This study further supports a restrictive use of upper GI endoscopy in these patients.

Keyphrases

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