Diagnostic yield of endoscopy in irritable bowel syndrome: A nationwide prevalence study 1987-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are common reasons for endoscopic procedures. We examined the yield of colonoscopy and upper endoscopy in IBS for several organic diseases.

Methods

Matched population-based prevalence study in Sweden. We identified 21,944 participants diagnosed with IBS from 1987 to 2016 undergoing colonoscopy with a biopsy from all of Sweden's 28 pathology departments within 6 months of diagnosis. We compared prevalence of histopathology-proven diagnoses of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colorectal cancer, precancerous polyps, and microscopic colitis between patients recently diagnosed with IBS and matched controls without IBS (n = 81,101) undergoing colonoscopy. We also compared prevalence of celiac disease between patients diagnos

SUBMITTER: Staller K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8648957 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature