UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

Background: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common medicalcondition requiring mostly hospitalization and resuscitation. Patients with upper GI bleedinghave high morbidity. The investigation of choice in upper GI bleeding is upper GI endoscopy,because endoscopy has good, the complication rate with endoscopy are low, anotheradvantage of using endoscopy is therapeutic interventions as well. The causes of upper GIbleeding are numerous most frequent causes being in decreasing order of frequency pepticulcer, esophageal varices, mallory-weis tears. Other causes include tumors, erosions andarterio-venous malformations.3 Objectives: To determine the endoscopic findings in patientspresenting with UGIB and frequency of various findings among these patients according togender and age in medical ward of Allied Hospital Faisalabad. Study Design: Retrospectivelyreviewed and analyzed. Setting: Medical Unit 2 of Allied Hospital Faisalabad. Period: 06 monthbetween January 2015 to June 2015. Methods: The record of 120 patients who underwentendoscopy for upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Results: Data was collected and entered onSPSS. Statistical data analysis was performed with chi-square. Statistical significance wasdetermined at P< 0.05. Information obtained from upper gastrointestinal endoscopy werethen recorded according to age, gender and presented in form of tables. Conclusions: It hasbeen found that esophageal varices was the most commonest cause of upper gastrointestinalbleeding in the study probably due to the high prevalence of hepatitis infection and chronic liverdisease in our population.