Group Medical Examination Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Performed Early in the Morning at a Rural Clinic.
10.2185/jjrm.45.685
- VernacularTitle:農村部診療所における上部消化管内視鏡による早朝胃二次精検について
- Author:
Mitsuya ONO
;
Shigehumi SHIMIZU
;
Masaru SATO
;
Shusuke NATSUKAWA
;
Shosui MATSUSHIMA
;
Yoshio NISHIGAKI
;
Yoshimaru SUGIYAMA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1997;45(5):685-688
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Koumimachi Clinic attached to Saku Central Hospital is located in an underpopulated rural area. We have annually performed a close medical examination by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy since 1982. Since 1986, it has been done early in the morning. In 1995, a total of 1, 513 radiographic examinations were performed and 555 cases were examined by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Two cases of gastric cancer-one being early stage and the other, advanced stage-were detected. Despite the busy season all the farmers who had been advised to have the endoscopic examination attended because it was performed early in the morning. The early morning examination was performed in cooperation with Saku Central Hospital, Naganoken Kouseiren Health Screening Center, and public health nurses of local governments. Without such cooporation, any health care project could not be carried out a rural area.
