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What is Upper Endoscopy?

Endoscopy means looking inside and typically refers to looking inside the body for medical reasons using an instrument called an endoscope. This test involves passing an endoscope, a long, flexible black tube with a light and video camera on one end, through the mouth to examine the esophagus.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Diagnostic assessment 2 0
Swallowing difficulty (dysphagia) 1 0
Chest pain with flushing/nausea 1 0
Chest pain 1 0
Nausea and vomiting 1 0
GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) 1 0

See 1 patient currently having Upper Endoscopy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Upper Endoscopy

Hospitalization 3

Report created on May 27, 2012.