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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3502</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.13619</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Clinical Profile of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Patients in a Tertiary Healthcare Facility: Cross-Sectional Research&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kothari</surname><given-names>Rajesh</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Agrawal</surname><given-names>Sanjay</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kothari</surname><given-names>Vineeta</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>20</day><month>03</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>33</fpage><lpage>35</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Upper gastro-intestinal haemorrhage is a common and potentially life-threatening gastrointestinal emergency with a wide range of clinical severity, ranging from insignificant bleeds to catastrophic exsanguinating haemorrhage, described as haemorrhage derived from a source proximal to the Treitz ligament. Objectives: Clinical profile of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy patients in a tertiary healthcare facility. Methods: This was a cross-sectional analysis carried out over two years at a tertiary health care centre with an Upper Gastro Intestinal Endoscopy clinic. There were 252 patients referred for the procedure during this time. Upper gastrointestinal endos copy with all aseptic precautions and normal procedures, all patients underwent USG after written and clarified consent, were entered into excel sheets and analyzed by SSPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). Results: In our study, we found that patients had a mean age of 11.42 __ampersandsignplusmn; 6.22 years. The range was from 1-60 Yrs. The majority of patients were females or 52 per cent, and 48 per cent were males. Hematemesis under investigation was the most common provisional diagnosis - 22 %, followed by mass per abdomen at 16 %. In 25 % of cases, the most common USG findings were Coarse Ecotexture of Hepatic followed in 18 % by Diffuse Parenchymal Hepatic. Conclusion: From our study, it can be concluded that Hematemesis under study followed by Mass per abdomen was the most common provisional diagnosis. Coarse Ecotexture of Hepatic accompanied by Diffuse Parenchymal Hepatic modifications were the most common USG findings.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy</kwd><kwd> Upper gastro-intestinal haemorrhage</kwd><kwd> USG-Abdomen</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
