Endoscopic Findings in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Upper Egypt: A Single Centre Study | ||
| Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases | ||
| Article 18, Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2020, Pages 183-191 PDF (411.64 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/aeji.2020.27078.1063 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed El Badry* 1; Noha H Eltaweel2; Abdelmajeed Moussa1 | ||
| 1Department of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt. | ||
| 2Department of Medical Molecular genetics, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background and study aim: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a significant cause of medical emergency with high morbidity and mortality. There are different causes of UGIB. Our study aimed to evaluate the endoscopic findings in patients with UGIB. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at endoscopy centre, Aswan University Hospital, Aswan, Egypt, over the four years period (2015- 2019). Records of patients with UGIB who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy were reviewed. Data were collected then analyzed via SPSS version 20. Results: This study included records of 918 patients (575 male) with mean age (SD) of 49.38 (14.86) years. Portal Hypertensive disease (PHD) (55.5%) was the most frequent cause of UGIB, followed by peptic ulcer disease (PUD) (27.1%) then other causes (17.4%). Conclusion: PHD was the most common causes of UGIB, then PUD. PUD was most common in middle age patients. However, PHD was more likely in patients having 41-60 years and older patients. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Upper endoscopy; Hematemesis; Melena; Upper Egypt | ||
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