Study of Endoscopic Findings in First Episode of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Abstract

gastrointestinal Upper has a crucial role in the gastrointestinal The to findings UGIB. Patient demographics, site and nature of lesions and risk factors for bleeding were analyzed. disease was the most common cause of first episode of UGI bleeding in our context. Among peptic ulcer diseases gastric ulcer was more common than duodenal ulcer. Haematemesis and melena were the commonest clinical presentation of UGI bleeding.