Uses of barium meal examination in dyspeptic patients under 50.
No abnormality was found in 76 of 100 dyspeptic out-patients under the age of 50 who underwent barium meal examination, while various non-malignant lesions were found in the remaining 24. Only 10% of those under 30, and 10% of those with symptoms for less than a year proved to have any abnormality. Because of the radiographic results treatment was altered in only 11 patients, and most of these changes were small.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
D001466:Barium Sulfate