Frequency of various causes of upper gastrointestinal bleed [UGIB] at a tertiary care hospital

ABSTRACT

To determine the frequency of various causes of upper gastrointestinal bleed [UGIB] at Tertiary Care Hospital. Descriptive cross-sectional study. This study was conducted at the Department of Internal Medicine, Nishtar Hospital Multan from August 2009 to January 2010. A total of 88 patients with upper GI bleed were registered. Prior permission was taken from Institutional Ethical Committee to conduct this study. Informed consent was taken from each patient. Upper GI Endoscopy was done to find out the source and cause of bleeding. For identification of each patient, personal data was collected. All the data collected were entered and analyzed using SPSS-11. Mean age was 41.64 +/- 13.56 years with 49 [55.70%] male and 39 [44.30%] female patients. Majority of the patients 38[43.18%] were between 36-50 years of age. In our series the commonest cause of UGIB was oesophageal varices in 56.82% of cases followed by peptic ulcer disease in 38.63% of patients. Oesophageal varices followed by peptic ulcer disease are the commonest causes of UGIB in our setting: