Alatawi Abdallah, Aljohani Wejdan S, Aljayani Rabab T, Alblowi Yassmeen, Yousuf Maisaa, Almutairi Hadeel
Internal Medicine Department, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, SAU.
Cureus. 2020 Dec 3;12(12):e11862. doi: 10.7759/cureus.11862.
Introduction Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is defined as any blood loss originating from the esophagus, stomach or the proximal duodenum above the ligament of Treitz. Ethnic trends regarding the causes of UGIB have been reported. The aim of this study was to identify the most common causes of UGIB among patients residing in Tabuk city, Saudi Arabia. Methods We have conducted a retrospective descriptive cohort study at King Fahad Specialist Hospital (KFSH), Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. All adult patients above the age of 18 years who were suspected of UGIB and referred for esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) were included. The collected data included age, sex, nationality, complaint, EGD, and histopathologic findings. Results Between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2019, 73 patients were included. 83.6% were Saudi, and 64.4% were males. Hematemesis was the main complaint (65.8%). Esophagogastroduodenoscopy was normal in 6.84% of cases; however, it showed UGIB due to esophageal and gastric varices (9.57%) as well as non-variceal causes (83.56%). The most frequent non-variceal findings which represent about two-thirds of the cases were duodenal ulcer (20.53%), antral gastropathy (13.68%), gastric ulcer (12.32%), antral gastritis (10.94%), and duodenal/gastric mass (9.57%), whereas much less frequent findings representing a total of 16.39% of cases included Cameron gastropathy, gastropathy/duodenopathy, esophagitis/gastritis, gastritis/duodenitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and Mallory-Weiss tear. Conclusion Non-variceal causes showed higher prevalence as causes of UGIB than variceal causes in the Tabuk area. Furthermore, chronic duodenal and gastric ulcers were the most common culprits of bleeding, whereas duodenitis, gastritis, esophagitis, and Mallory-Weiss syndrome were the least common non-variceal causes.
引言
上消化道出血(UGIB)定义为源自食管、胃或屈氏韧带以上近端十二指肠的任何失血。已有关于UGIB病因的种族趋势报道。本研究的目的是确定沙特阿拉伯塔布克市居民中UGIB的最常见病因。
方法
我们在沙特阿拉伯塔布克市的法赫德国王专科医院(KFSH)进行了一项回顾性描述性队列研究。纳入所有18岁以上疑似UGIB并接受食管胃十二指肠镜检查(EGD)的成年患者。收集的数据包括年龄、性别、国籍、主诉、EGD及组织病理学检查结果。
结果
在2017年1月1日至2019年12月31日期间,共纳入73例患者。83.6%为沙特人,64.4%为男性。呕血是主要主诉(65.8%)。6.84%的病例EGD检查正常;然而,EGD显示UGIB由食管和胃静脉曲张引起(9.57%)以及非静脉曲张性病因引起(83.56%)。约占病例三分之二的最常见非静脉曲张性表现为十二指肠溃疡(20.53%)、胃窦部病变(13.68%)、胃溃疡(12.32%)、胃窦部胃炎(10.94%)和十二指肠/胃肿物(9.57%),而占病例总数16.39%的较少见表现包括卡梅伦胃病变、胃/十二指肠病变、食管炎/胃炎、胃炎/十二指肠炎、胃食管反流病(GERD)和马洛里-魏斯撕裂。
结论
在塔布克地区,非静脉曲张性病因作为UGIB的病因比静脉曲张性病因更为常见。此外,慢性十二指肠溃疡和胃溃疡是最常见的出血原因,而十二指肠炎、胃炎、食管炎和马洛里-魏斯综合征是最不常见的非静脉曲张性病因。