Clinical profile of oesophagogastrodudenoscopy- study conducted in teaching hospital batticaloa srilanka

Background: Upper gastrointestinal distress or acid peptic disease or heartburn or a combination of all symptoms is very common among the population. Population survey revealed that 44% of the population reported monthly heartburn and 19.6% suffered from heartburn or acid regurgitation at least once a week. We are going to study the clinical profile of the patients who were undergone oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD).
Methods and Methodology: We carried out an observational study in the University endoscopic unit. 95 patients were evaluated in the present study after they satisfy the inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Results: A total of 95 patients enrolled in this study. Majority of the patients were female 59(62.1%). In our study majority of subjects 44(46.3%) were in the (>50 age) group (graph 2). The most common symptoms at presentation was epigastric pain seen in 42(44.2%) cases, followed by heartburn seen in 36(37.9%) and regurgitation seen in 31(32.6%).
Conclusion: In patients with dyspepsia presence of alarm symptoms is more significantly associated with organic lesion on endoscopy. Though the incidence of malignancy was low, endoscopy in patients more than 50 years may help in early diagnosis and reduced morbidity of these patients.