Dear editor, We read the recent article of Rahmani et al entitled "Medical Management and Outcome of Paraquat Poisoning in Ahvaz, Iran: A Hospital-Based Study" in your journal (1). In their study they performed upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy as a routine for all paraquat poisoned patients, because they considered paraquat a caustic agent and that it may cause severe mucosal injuries in e...

background : upper endoscopy, as an important diagnostic and occasional therapeutic tool is invasive. sedation of patients during the endoscopy procedure with minimal side effects could raise patient tolerability, allowing for ease and increased effectiveness of this procedure. materials and methods: in this study, 105 patients who were candidates for the upper endoscopy procedure were randomly...

PURPOSE The present study was aimed to determine whether endoscopist specialty is associated with high-quality endoscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We prospectively collected endoscopy quality related data based on the Endoscopy Quality Rating Scale (EQRS) of 277 endoscopy units in a hospital setting from the National Cancer Screening Program of Korea in 2009. Gastroenterology medical professors ...

Background and study aims Safety attitudes are linked to patient outcomes. The Joint Advisory Group on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (JAG) identifies the need improve our understanding of safety culture in endoscopy. We describe development validation Endo-SAQ (endoscopy questionnaire) results a national survey staff attitudes. Methods Questions from original SAQ were adapted reflect endoscopy-spe...

herein, we present the case of a 45-year-old woman with pulsion and midesophageal diverticula, who had complaints of dysphagia and regurgitation. diagnosis was confirmed by endoscopy and barium swallow. the patient underwent right posterolateral thoracotomy with excision of diverticula and repair of the muscular layer along the site of diverticula. five days following the operation, barium swal...

ingestion of ciprofloxacin can be associated with esophagitis and esophageal ulcer. we report a 46-yearold man with odynophagia and dysphagia following ciprofloxacin ingestion, with a glance on diagnosis and treatment. also, we propose recommendations for prevention of drug-induced esophagitis, according to shape, size, formulation and their etiologic role on esophagitis.

background: helicobacter pylori (h.p) and non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (nsaid) are the most common cause of peptic ulcer disease (pud). this study was designed to identify endoscopic, clinical and demographic features of patients with h.p positive in comparison with nsaid related pud.methods: from december 2004 to march 2008, 5885 patients underwent upper gi tract endoscopy in a large ...