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An audit of upper gastrointestinal bleeding at Seremban Hospital

Lim TM 1 , Lu PY 2 , Meheshinder S 3 , Selvindoss P 4 , Balasingh D 5 , Ramesh J 6 Show all authors , Qureshi A 7

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  • 1 T M Lim, FRCSEd. Department of Surgery, Hospital Seremban, & International Medical University, Jalan Rasah, 70300 Seremban
  • 2 P Y Lu, FRCSEd. Department of Surgery, Hospital Seremban, & International Medical University, Jalan Rasah, 70300 Seremban
  • 3 S Meheshinder, FRCSEd. Department of Surgery, Hospital Seremban, & International Medical University, Jalan Rasah, 70300 Seremban
  • 4 P Selvindoss, MS. Department of Surgery, Hospital Seremban, & International Medical University, Jalan Rasah, 70300 Seremban
  • 5 D Balasingh, MS. Department of Surgery, Hospital Seremban, & International Medical University, Jalan Rasah, 70300 Seremban
  • 6 J Ramesh, FRCSI. Department of Surgery, Hospital Seremban, & International Medical University, Jalan Rasah, 70300 Seremban
  • 7 A Qureshi, FRCS. Department of Surgery, Hospital Seremban, & International Medical University, Jalan Rasah, 70300 Seremban
Med J Malaysia, 2003 Oct;58(4):522-5.
PMID: 15190627

Abstract

We retrospectively analyzed all patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding to Seremban Hospital over a one-year period. A quarter of the oesophagogastro-duodenoscopies (OGD) performed were performed as emergency for upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding. Gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers were the two most common findings. Our results suggest that there is a male preponderance of 2:1, the Chinese were more likely to be affected and the elderly (> 60 years) were at highest risk.

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