El Badry, M., Eltaweel, N., Moussa, A. (2020). Endoscopic Findings in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Upper Egypt: A Single Centre Study. Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 10(2), 183-191. doi: 10.21608/aeji.2020.27078.1063
Mohamed El Badry; Noha H Eltaweel; Abdelmajeed Moussa. "Endoscopic Findings in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Upper Egypt: A Single Centre Study". Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 10, 2, 2020, 183-191. doi: 10.21608/aeji.2020.27078.1063
El Badry, M., Eltaweel, N., Moussa, A. (2020). 'Endoscopic Findings in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Upper Egypt: A Single Centre Study', Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 10(2), pp. 183-191. doi: 10.21608/aeji.2020.27078.1063
El Badry, M., Eltaweel, N., Moussa, A. Endoscopic Findings in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Upper Egypt: A Single Centre Study. Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2020; 10(2): 183-191. doi: 10.21608/aeji.2020.27078.1063
Endoscopic Findings in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Upper Egypt: A Single Centre Study
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.