Quality indicators in esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Sang Yoon Kim, Jae Myung Park
Abstract
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) has been used to diagnose a wide variety of upper gastrointestinal diseases. In particular, EGD is used to screen high-risk subjects of gastric cancer. Quality control of EGD is important because the diagnostic rate is examiner-dependent. However, there is still no representative quality indicator that can be uniformly applied in EGD. There has been growing awareness of the importance of quality control in improving EGD performance. Therefore, we aimed to review the available and emerging quality indicators for diagnostic EGD.
Topics & Concepts
EsophagogastroduodenoscopyMedicineQuality (philosophy)Internal medicineEndoscopyPhilosophyEpistemologyGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesColorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment