Pressure, fullness or tightness in your chest. Crushing or searing pain that radiates to your back, neck, jaw, shoulders and arms â particularly your left arm. Pain that lasts more than a few minutes, gets worse with activity, goes away and comes back or varies in intensity. Shortness of breath.
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) or oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD or OGD) is also called panendoscopy (PES) and upper GI endoscopy. It is also often called just upper endoscopy, upper GI, or even just endoscopy; because EGD is the most commonly performed type of endoscopy, the ambiguous term endoscopy is sometimes informally used to refer to EGD by default.
Endoscopy or Esophagoscopy Gastroscopy Duodenoscopy (EGD) Your doctor has suggested you have an EGD as part of your evaluation at National Jewish Health. An EGD allows the doctor to look inside the esophagus, stomach and small intestine using a small flexible tube. You will be sedated for this procedure so it should not be uncomfortable.