Diagnostic yield of bidirectional endoscopy for iron deficiency anemia in young patients.
Humans
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
/ diagnosis
Retrospective Studies
Male
Adult
Female
Endoscopy, Digestive System
/ methods
Colonoscopy
/ statistics & numerical data
Helicobacter Infections
/ diagnosis
Helicobacter pylori
/ isolation & purification
Gastritis
/ diagnosis
Age Factors
Young Adult
Duodenitis
/ diagnosis
Premenopause
Middle Aged
Anemia
Bidirectional endoscopy
Colonoscopy
Endoscopy
Iron deficiency
Journal
BMC gastroenterology
ISSN: 1471-230X
Titre abrégé: BMC Gastroenterol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100968547
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024
Historique:
received:
02
04
2024
accepted:
13
08
2024
medline:
19
8
2024
pubmed:
19
8
2024
entrez:
18
8
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
While bidirectional endoscopy is recognized as the standard approach for investigating iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in men older than 45 and postmenopausal women, evidence supporting the application of this approach in younger men and premenopausal women is scarce in the absence of symptoms. Our primary aim is to identify the diagnostic yield of bidirectional endoscopy in men younger than 45 and premenopausal women, and describe the clinical characteristics of those with significant endoscopic and pathology-proven findings. We performed a retrospective chart review including patients younger than age 45 with IDA who underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and/or colonoscopy at the Brooklyn VA Hospital between 2009 and 2023. Demographic, clinical, and endoscopic patient data was all collected, stratified, analyzed, and interpreted. In 143 patients younger than age 45 with IDA, 28.6% were found to have positive upper gastrointestinal (GI) findings, of which 70.3% were pathology-proven H. pylori cases. 57.9% of patients reported upper GI symptoms, while 42.9% of patients were asymptomatic. In total, 18.2% of symptomatic patients were found to have clinically significant findings on EGD as compared with 42.9% of asymptomatic patients. Additionally, 9.1% of symptomatic patients were found to have biopsy proven H. pylori-associated gastritis or duodenitis as compared with 33.9% of asymptomatic patients. Of the patients who underwent colonoscopy, 8.3% were found to have lower GI lesions. We found the diagnostic yield of EGD to be significantly higher than that of colonoscopy in younger IDA patients. Our findings suggest current guidelines are clinically relevant to the young patient cohort. Our study also found asymptomatic IDA patients below age 45 to have a significantly higher diagnostic yield of EGD as compared to symptomatic IDA patients within the same age cohort. The differences in diagnostic yields may be a result of symptomatic patients being more likely to have been prescribed proton pump inhibitors or histamine receptor antagonists prior to endoscopy.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
While bidirectional endoscopy is recognized as the standard approach for investigating iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in men older than 45 and postmenopausal women, evidence supporting the application of this approach in younger men and premenopausal women is scarce in the absence of symptoms. Our primary aim is to identify the diagnostic yield of bidirectional endoscopy in men younger than 45 and premenopausal women, and describe the clinical characteristics of those with significant endoscopic and pathology-proven findings.
METHODS
METHODS
We performed a retrospective chart review including patients younger than age 45 with IDA who underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and/or colonoscopy at the Brooklyn VA Hospital between 2009 and 2023. Demographic, clinical, and endoscopic patient data was all collected, stratified, analyzed, and interpreted.
RESULTS
RESULTS
In 143 patients younger than age 45 with IDA, 28.6% were found to have positive upper gastrointestinal (GI) findings, of which 70.3% were pathology-proven H. pylori cases. 57.9% of patients reported upper GI symptoms, while 42.9% of patients were asymptomatic. In total, 18.2% of symptomatic patients were found to have clinically significant findings on EGD as compared with 42.9% of asymptomatic patients. Additionally, 9.1% of symptomatic patients were found to have biopsy proven H. pylori-associated gastritis or duodenitis as compared with 33.9% of asymptomatic patients. Of the patients who underwent colonoscopy, 8.3% were found to have lower GI lesions.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
We found the diagnostic yield of EGD to be significantly higher than that of colonoscopy in younger IDA patients. Our findings suggest current guidelines are clinically relevant to the young patient cohort. Our study also found asymptomatic IDA patients below age 45 to have a significantly higher diagnostic yield of EGD as compared to symptomatic IDA patients within the same age cohort. The differences in diagnostic yields may be a result of symptomatic patients being more likely to have been prescribed proton pump inhibitors or histamine receptor antagonists prior to endoscopy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39155378
doi: 10.1186/s12876-024-03372-y
pii: 10.1186/s12876-024-03372-y
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
269Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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