An audit of upper gastrointestinal bleeding at Seremban Hospital

ABSTRACT

We retrospectively analyzed all patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding to Seremban Hospital over a one-year period. A quarter of the oesophagogastro-duodenoscopies (OGD) performed were performed as emergency for upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding. Gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers were the two most common findings. Our results suggest that there is a male preponderance of 21, the Chinese were more likely to be affected and the elderly (> 60 years) were at highest risk.