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- Title
Diagnostic yield of oesophagogastroduodenoscopy in children with abdominal pain.
- Authors
THAKKAR, K.; CHEN, L.; TATEVIAN, N.; SHULMAN, R. J.; MCDUFFIE, A.; TSOU, M.; GILGER, M. A.; EL‐SERAG, H. B.
- Abstract
Background Abdominal pain is the most common indication for oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) in children. However, existing studies examining the diagnostic outcomes of OGD in children with abdominal pain are limited. Aim To examine the diagnostic yield of OGD with biopsy in the evaluation of abdominal pain and to describe the endoscopic and histological findings in patients undergoing OGD for abdominal pain of unclear aetiology. Methods We performed a retrospective cross-sectional cohort study in children under 18 years of age who had OGD for the primary indication of abdominal pain, at Texas Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters from 1 January 2002 to 30 June 2005. Results Overall, OGD was diagnostic in 454 (38.1%) of the 1191 procedures, including reflux oesophagitis (23%, n = 271), Helicobacter pylori infections (5%, n = 55), peptic ulcers (3%, n = 32), eosinophilic oesophagitis (2%, n = 25), celiac disease (1%, n = 9) and Crohn’s disease (0.5%, n = 7). Male gender, older age, elevated C-reactive protein and vomiting were associated with increased diagnostic yield. Conclusions Our findings suggest that OGD is valuable for the evaluation of chronic abdominal pain in children, with a diagnostic yield of 38%. The majority of alarm symptoms and routine laboratory tests are not significantly associated with diagnostic yield.
- Subjects
ABDOMINAL pain; HELICOBACTER pylori infections; MALABSORPTION syndromes; HELICOBACTER diseases; CELIAC disease
- Publication
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2009, Vol 30, Issue 6, p662
- ISSN
0269-2813
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.04084.x