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• TITLE: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Children’s Abdominal Pains in Ivory Coast

  AUTHORS: Aboubacar Demba Bangoura, Henriette Ya Anzouan Kissi-Kacou, Denis Coffi Fanou, Dimitry Guillaume Kouamé, Stanislas Doffou, Constant Assi, Alassan Kouamé Mahassadi, Alain Koffi Attia, Aya Thérèse N’dri-Yoman

  KEYWORDS: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Children’s Abdominal Pains, Gastropathies, Helicobacter pylori, Ivory Coast

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol.6 No.12, December 12, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Since a longtime considered as functional and psychological, children’s abdominal pains (CAP) is a public health problem. Advances in digestive endoscopy and Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) discovery have reignited the debate of the organicity of CAP. The aim of this study is to determine the diagnosis rentability of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE) in CAP in Ivory Coast. Patients and Methods: This a retrospective analytical study based on reports of UGIE performed in 2 university hospital and 3 private clinics of Abidjan from march 2007 to march 2016. The children (from 1 day to 15 years) in which UGIE were performed for abdominal pains were included in the study. Results: 116 UGIE were performed in children for abdominal pains during the study period. Epigastric pain was the main indication of UGIE (88%). The diagnosis rentability of UGIE was more than 70% in this study. The main anomalies observed in UGIE were gastropathies. Ulcers were rarely found. Conclusion: UGIE play an important diagnosis role in CAP in Ivory Coast. However gastric biopsies for Helicobacter pylori research are not common practice in our country.