Is it safe to raise the age threshold for urgent endoscopy in patients with uncomplicated dyspepsia?

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe boxed-textPhull PS _ et al_. (2006) Age threshold for endoscopy and risk of missing upper gastrointestinal malignancy—data from the Scottish

audit of gastric and oesophageal cancer. _Aliment Pharmacol Ther_ 23: 229–233 The age threshold for endoscopy in patients with dyspepsia without alarm features should be raised to 55 years

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AFFILIATIONS * Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Gartnavel General Hospital, Derek Gillen & Kenneth EL McColl * Professor of Gastroenterology at the Western Infirmary, University of

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