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 ...

GI bleeding is classified into upper, middle ... and limited visualization during initial endoscopy, may necessitate repeated examinations. Repeated EGD has been shown to enhance lesion detection ...

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 ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) mucosal damage seen on upper endoscopy was tied to a 76% higher ... or peptic injury on esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) or pathology reports. At baseline, patients with ...

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 ...

Study confirms clinical utility of EsoGuard as a non-invasive triage tool to significantly increase positive yield of invasive upper endoscopy The ... confirmatory EGD. The overall positive ...