Mamoona Ghias, Tazeen Nazar, Bilal Aziz, Ambren Butt, Aqsa Naseem, Shandana Tarique, Sajid Abaidullah.
Indications, findings and complications of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures in a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan.
Esculapio J Services Inst Med Sci Jan ;15(2):155-7.

Objectives: Objectives of the study were to determine the frequency of indications, findings and complications in patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Methods: After taking an informed consent, patients presenting for esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) to the endoscopy suite of South Medical Ward were selected for the study using non probability consecutive sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 26.0. Results were presented in the form of mean and SD, figures and tables. Results: Out of a total of 255 patients, mean age of the patients was 49.3 years out of which 137 (53.7%) were male and 118(46.7%) were female. Eighty seven (34.1%) patients underwent EGD due to upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB). 57(22.4%) had follow up banding and 41(16.1 %) had screening for varices. 31(12.2%) patients had acid peptic disease. In 4 (1.6%) patients significant bleeding occurred and in 9(3.5%) hypotension was the complication. One patient had hypoxemia, five had minor bleeding and two had post procedure aspiration pneumonia. Conclusion: Upper GI bleed followed by follow up banding was the main indication in our patients, variceal haemorrhage was the most common cause of UGIB.

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