Endoscopy Overused in Heartburn Patients
Endoscopy Overused in Heartburn Patients
By routinely referring GERD patients to a gastroenterologist for an upper endoscopy, “primary care doctors are trying to do the right thing,” says David Johnson, MD, chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School and past president of the American College of Gastroenterology. He was not involved in writing the new paper.
Johnson calls the paper “a wonderful directive,” though, for primary care doctors trying to advise GERD patients on whether they need to undergo upper endoscopy.
Endoscopy Overused in Heartburn Patients
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By routinely referring GERD patients to a gastroenterologist for an upper endoscopy, “primary care doctors are trying to do the right thing,” says David Johnson, MD, chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School and past president of the American College of Gastroenterology. He was not involved in writing the new paper.
Johnson calls the paper “a wonderful directive,” though, for primary care doctors trying to advise GERD patients on whether they need to undergo upper endoscopy.
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