Prevalence of non-erosive reflux disease in Pondok Indah Hospital: a preliminary study.

AIM To investigate the prevalence of NERD in Pondok Indah Hospital and its proportion in dyspepsia and GERD patients. METHODS This pre-eliminary study aimed to investigate the prevalence of NERD in Pondok Indah Hospital and its proportion with the term of traditional dyspepsia. RESULTS 475 medical records of patients who underwent endoscopic procedure in Pondok Indah Hospital in April 2002 - July 2003 had been re-evaluated. Patients aged between 9 - 86 years old (median age of 42), and half of the patients were male (50.5%). Diagnosis at entry was dyspepsia or gastritis (70.5%), while GERD only accounted for 4.8%. Endoscopic results revealed most of patients (55.5%) had mild lesion (non-ulcer). Of 154 patients with GERD, 123 patients (80%) only showed hyperemic mucosa and the other 4 (2.6%) without any abnormalities. Thus, total NERD patients were 127 (26.7%). CONCLUSION Prevalence of NERD in patients with dyspepsia who underwent endoscopic procedure was 26.7%. This finding supports the fact that NERD is a single disease entity different from dyspepsia. Further study is needed to investigate prevalence of NERD in general population, its risk factors and appropriate management.