Paediatric upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: a 2-year review.
OBJECTIVE
To review the paediatric upper gastrointestinal endoscopy service in a paediatric department in Hong Kong.


METHODS
Records of all endoscopies undertaken in this department from May 1995 to January 1996 were retrieved and analysed.


RESULTS
The commonest indication for upper endoscopy was dyspepsia with 88% positive histological findings. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) was found in 25% of this group of children.


CONCLUSIONS
Paediatric upper gastrointestinal endoscopy service is invaluable in a paediatric department by providing useful diagnostic information which would otherwise be missed.
Ng
D K
DK
Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Liu
J H
JH
Ho
J C
JC
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn