Research Article
Duodenal Aspirates for Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth: Yield, PPIs, and Outcomes after Treatment at a Tertiary Academic Medical Center
Table 1
Indications for EGD with duodenal aspirates.
| Indication | Frequency (%) | Frequency of (+) Cx per indication | Frequency of improvement per indication |
| Diarrhea | 480 (38%) | 126 (26.2%) | 60 (47.6%) | Gas-related symptoms (gas, bloating, distention, eructation, and flatus) | 419 (33.2%) | 140 (33.4%) | 60 (42.8%) | Diffuse/upper abdominal pain | 397 (31.4%) | 116 (29.2%) | 39 (33.6%) | Dyspepsia/GERD | 199 (15.8%) | 69 (34.6%) | 3 (4.3%) | Nausea/vomiting | 174 (13.8%) | 62 (35.6%) | 12 (19.3%) |
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Part of symptoms combination except in 25% of patient who had persistent pain and 40% that had persistent GERD symptoms.
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