ENDOSCOPIC FINDINGS IN RELATION TO AGE AND SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH DYSPEPSIA

Objectives: To find the relative frequencies of different diseases causing dyspepsia, and to identify different diseases according to age. Study Design: Prospective cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Gastroenterology, Pak Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Jan 2017 to Oct 2017. Material and Methods: Patients of age 18 to 80 years with dyspepsia non-responding or refractory to empiric therapy or those with alarm features were offered upper-gastrointestinal-endoscopy as per standard protocol and the results were recorded. Results: A total of 667 patients with 65% males and 35% females were enrolled. Normal endoscopy was reported in 58.8% patients with 35% males and 24% females (total=667), whereas abnormal findings accounted to 41.2% patients with 30% males and 11.2% females. Mixed symptoms were the commonest complaint (75%). The median age group was 41-50 years with median symptom duration of 1