Table 3.
Indications for Endoscopy in Patients with LA-D and LA-A Esophagitis
| Grade D n=100 |
Grade A n=100 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gastrointestinal bleeding1 | 42 | 2 | <0.0001 |
| Dysphagia/Odynophagia | 20 | 24 | 0.5 |
| GERD | 7 | 30 | <0.0001 |
| Nausea/vomiting | 5 | 4 | 0.73 |
| Iron deficiency anemia | 6 | 12 | 0.14 |
| Abdominal pain | 3 | 4 | 0.70 |
| Surveillance2 | 8 | 15 | 0.12 |
| Abnormal Imaging | 4 | 3 | 0.70 |
| Other3 | 5 | 6 | 0.76 |
1
Hematemesis, hematochezia, melena, fecal occult blood test positivity, acute on chronic anemia
2
Esophagitis, gastric ulcers, Barrett’s esophagus, varices
3
Crohn’s disease, duodenal polyps, diarrhea, assess tears after ERCP, hiccups, weight loss, Helicobacter Pylori eradication, globus