Mehboob S. et al., Med. Res. Chronicles., 7(5), 272-286 2020 272 | Page Download the article from www.medrech.com Medico Research Chronicles ISSN NO. 2394-3971 DOI No. 10.26838/MEDRECH.2020.7.5.443 Contents available at www.medrech.com RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARIOUS INDICATIONS AND ENDOSCOPIC FINDINGS IN PATIENTS PRESENTING TO THE TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN PESHAWAR Saima Mehboob*, Noor Mohammad, Mohammad Abbas, Saleem Shah Kuwait teaching hospital Peshawar ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Article History Received: August 2020 Accepted: September 2020 Objective: To determine the relationship of various indications for upper GI endoscopy with the positive findings after endoscopic evaluation and biopsy. Material and methods: It was a prospective analytical study done at the department of medicine Kuwait Teaching Hospital Peshawar from 1 st January 2018 till 31 st December 2018. After approval from the hospital ethical and research committee the study was conducted with patients recruited through non probability consecutive sampling presenting to the OPD. Results: Among the total 1499 patients examined 18% were females and 82% were males. Minimum age was 25 and maximum age was 70. The data was stratified further in to various age groups, the highest number of respondents of 30.06%( 451) lied in the age group 54.5-64.5, whereas age group 74.5-84.5 had the lowest number of respondents i.e. 0.46%(7). The indications for endoscopy were assessed according to the age group and it was found that the highest no. 78.7%(1180) of the patients presented with retrosternal burning, 38.8%(581) presented dyspepsia, 10.8%(161) presented with gastro esophageal reflux, 10.4%(156) has unexplained anemia, 10%(151) had persistent vomiting, (8.2%) 123 reported dysphagia, 6.3%(101) reported chronic diarrhea, and 2.2%(33) presented with hematemesis. On performing endoscopy, it was found that 43.5 % (651) had normal findings, 27.2 %( 407) patients had pan hemorrhagic gastritis, 8.3 % (124) had reflux esophagitis, 6.2% (93) had gastric adenocarcinoma, esophageal carcinoma was found in 2.9 % (75). other findings were, H. Pylori gastritis in (33) 1.83%, esophageal candidiasis in (29) 2% of the cases, gastric ulcer in 24 (1.6%), duodenal ulcer in (25) 1.6%, duedenitis in (12 )0.8%, achalasia in (9) 0.6%, duodenal growth (undifferentiated) in (5) 0.3% Antral gastritis in (5) 0.3%, villous atrophy in 4 (0.26%) Barrett`s esophagus in (2) 0.1%, and drug induced ulcer in 0.06% (1). The percentage of normal endoscopies was greatest in the age group 24.5 to 54.5. Symptoms like heart burn were also more common in age Keywords: indications, upper GI endoscopy, biopsy