ArticleInternal and emergency medicine2013
Upper GI endoscopy in elderly patients: predictive factors of relevant endoscopic findings.
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- Clinical Impact and Tolerance of Unsedated Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in Patients Aged ≥75 Years.Endoscopy international open · 2026Article
- Upper endoscopy in elderly patients: a multicentre, cross-sectional study.Irish journal of medical science · 2024Article
- Assessing age-related risks of gastrointestinal pathologies: a comparative study of gastroscopy outcomes across decades.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Esophageal Dysphagia in Elderly Patients.Current gastroenterology reports · 2023Review
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- Complications and outcomes of routine endoscopy in the very elderly.Endoscopy international open · 2018Article
- [Duodenal ulcers, gastric ulcers and Helicobacter pylori].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2017Review
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Abstract
Elderly patients are at increased risk for peptic ulcer and cancer. Predictive factors of relevant endoscopic findings at upper endoscopy in the elderly are unknown. This was a post hoc analysis of a nationwide, endoscopic study. A total of 3,147 elderly patients were selected. Demographic, clinical, and endoscopic data were systematically collected. Relevant findings and new diagnoses of peptic ulcer and malignancy were computed. Both univariate and multivariate analyses were performed. A total of 1,559 (49.5%), 213 (6.8%), 93 (3%) relevant findings, peptic ulcers, and malignancies were detected. Peptic ulcers and malignancies were more frequent in >85-year-old patients (OR 3.1, 95% CI = 2.0-4.7, p = 0.001). The presence of dysphagia (OR = 5.15), weight loss (OR = 4.77), persistent vomiting (OR = 3.68), anaemia (OR = 1.83), and male gender (OR = 1.9) were significantly associated with a malignancy, whilst overt bleeding (OR = 6.66), NSAIDs use (OR = 2.23), and epigastric pain (OR = 1.90) were associated with the presence of peptic ulcer. Peptic ulcer or malignancies were detected in 10% of elderly patients, supporting the use of endoscopy in this age group. Very elderly patients appear to be at higher risk of such lesions.
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