[Prognosis in dyspeptic patients under the age of 55].
BACKGROUND
We studied the evolution and diagnostic tests performed in patients with dyspepsia aged less than 55 years.


METHODS
We included 289 patients under age 55 with clinically manifest dyspepsia who were referred for specialized digestive evaluation from the primary care setting.


RESULTS
One half of patients consulted again in the course of the study for the same symptoms. In 131 patients (45%), an endoscopy was proposed at some stage during the study. Gastroduodenal pathology was identified in 37% of the patients who underwent an endoscopy.


CONCLUSIONS
In these patients, the approach adopted by the gastroenterologist must comprise assessment of the symptoms with endoscopy.
Bujanda
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Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital de San Eloy, Baracaldo, Vizcaya, Spain.
Uriarte
I
I
Muñoz
C
C
Sánchez
A
A
Cosme A
A
A
Alkiza
M E
ME
D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis
Evolución de los pacientes con dispepsia menores de 55 años.