Prevalence of Upper Gastrointestinal Lesions and Helicobacter pylori Infection in Upper Endoscopic Study of Renal Transplantation Candidates without GI Symptoms

[...]we do not have enough data about silent upper GI pathologies that probably have potential to affect such patients' survival as well as their quality of life. Exclusion criteria considered patients with clinical dyspepsia based on ROME IV criteria including: epigastric pain, heartburn, postprandial fullness and early satiety and patients with known upper gastrointestinal diseases, and those who had been using PPIs, NSAIDs, H2 blockers or antibiotics over the last two weeks. According to statistical analysis, no correlation was found between significant endoscopic findings and variables including: age (P= 0.5), gender (P= 0.9), cause of renal failure (P= 0.9) and also dialysis modality (P= 0.08) (Table 2). [...]similar studies have reported the high prevalence of gastrointestinal diseases in ESRD patients, which is also proved in our research but our main focus in this study was to give a clue about upper GI abnormalities in patients without GI symptoms that could be easily neglected £13, 14].