Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common and potentially life-threatening condition that requires prompt and accurate ...

None required intervention. One patient with gastritis by endoscopy died from disseminated (non-upper GI) malignant disease 2 months after endoscopy. Follow up on the remaining patients was ...

Dr. Shaker has developed the technique of transnasal unsedated upper GI endoscopy for concurrent evaluation of the aerodigestive and upper GI tracts. He is the founder of the Dysphagia Research ...

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is a common diagnostic and therapeutic technique with a low complication risk, but which causes considerable patient anxiety. Sedation during endoscopy by ...

The manuscript, entitled Enhancing the Diagnostic Yield of EGD for Diagnosis of Barrett's Esophagus Through Methylated DNA Biomarker Triage, demonstrates that confirmatory upper endoscopy (EGD ...