In  this  retrospective  cross  sectional  study the records of 6632 upper

   gastrointestinal endoscopy   that were carried  out between 1988-1997  in 

   Mobasher   Kashani  general hospital endoscopic ward were analysed.

         Majority of patients were from the out patient department and few of

   them were  admited cases. 2278 cases (35%) were diagnosed as gastritis.

   1165  cases  (17.6%)  normal , 911  patients (13%) as gastroduodenitis , 671

   (10.5%) of  bile reflux gastritis , 646 (9.5%)  cases  of active duodenal ulcer

   and  duodenitis , chronic  duodenal  ulcer , gastric  ulcer , carcinoma  of

   stomach and  gasrtic  outlet  obstruction   as  the  rest. It  was concluded

   that  the  gastric outlet obstruction was the least frequent cases of upper

   GI endoscopy [98 cases (1.4%)].  In  this  study   profession , sex , age and

   clinical signs of patients was analysed by EPI  software  pakage . In some

   cases  comparision with  similar  studies was   performed.