Aetiology of upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage in Medical ward

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Masood ur Rahman
Sadeeq ur Rahman
Noor ul Iman
Taj Muhammad Khan

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432 patients were endoscoped for upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Duodenal ulcer was the commonest cause which accounted for 35.2% of the total cases. Oesophageal varices were found in 16.6% while gastric erosions were responsible for 11.6% cases. Other relatively less common causes include severe oesophagitis (5.8%), carcinoma stomach (2.8%) and benign gastric ulcer (3.5%). 21% of the patients had no demonstrable lesion in the upper gastrointestinal tract.

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Rahman M ur, Rahman S ur, ul Iman N, Khan TM. Aetiology of upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage in Medical ward. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 20 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];14(2). Available from: https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/697
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