Prevalence of upper gastrointestinal tract findings in patients with noncardiac chest pain versus those with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)-related symptoms: Results from a National Endoscopic Database

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1173-1179

  Dickman, Ram ^a   Mattek, Nora ^b   Holub, Jennifer ^b   Peters, Dawn ^b   Fass, Ronnie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DUODENUM TUMOR; DUODENUM ULCER; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH TUMOR; STOMACH ULCER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CHEST PAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34249027293     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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