Results of early endoscopy in patients with typical symptoms of GERD

Introduction: Patients with the typical symptoms of GERD, however without alarm signs, can be managed by the PPI test and an empirical treatment, In this study we analysed the early endoscopic results in patients with typical symptoms. Our aim was to determine whether the diagnosis based on typical symptoms and the empirical treatment would suffice to treat patients in regions with a high prevalence of Hp, or whether it was necessary to perform the so-called initial endoscopy. Method: Using a GERD questionnaire composed by Johnsson et al., we selected patients showing typical symptoms Patients characterised by a…