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Is there any association between referral indications for open-access upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and endoscopic findings?

April 26, 2017Association Endoscopic endoscopy findings gastrointestinal referral Upper

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Is there any association between referral indications for open-access upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and endoscopic findings?

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The total number of upper gastrointestinal endoscopies is increasing, and despite guidelines for endoscopy referral for general practitioners, the proportion of patients found to have no endoscopic abnormalities is still up to 60 % (and increasing). The aim of this study was to assess the association between general practitioners’ referral indications and endoscopic findings.