Ahmad Bilal, Hanif Nagra, Muhammad Shahid.
Upper GIT bleeding.
Professional Med J Jan ;11(4):400-5.

To find out the prevalence of peptic ulcer in patients with upper GIT bleed Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Department of Gastroenterology of Allied Hospital Faisalabad Period: 1 Nov 2001 to 15 Apr 2002. Material & Methods: This study ST th was conducted on 100 patients with history of hematemesis or melena of either sex and between 13-70 years of age, presenting in or referred to gastroenterology unit of Allied Hospital Faisalabad. Results: 63 patients were male and 37 were female. Male to female ratio were 2:1 approximately. Out of these 100 patients 27 had peptic ulcer with overall incidence of 27% and 49 had bleeding from esophageal varices i.e. overall incidence of 18%. Conclusions: From this study it was concluded that prevalence of peptic ulcer in patients of upper GIT bleed was far less than those found to have esophageal varices.

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