Assessment of risk factors for non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients of Provincial General Teaching Hospital “Dr. Antonio Luaces Iraola”. Ciego de Ávila city
Abstract
Introduction: upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a health problem, since its impact is still significant and their consequences can be deadly.
Objective: to identify the possible association between some clinical and epidemiological variables and the occurrence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Method: an epidemiological and causal, retrospective analytical case-control study was performed in patients admitted to the Department of General Surgery at the Provincial General Teaching Hospital "Dr. Antonio Luaces Iraola" of Ciego de Avila city, during the period from April 2012 to March 2014. The sample consisted of 60 patients over 18 years. Chi-square test was used in addition to the Mann-Whitney U test and Odds Ratio calculation to quantify the magnitude of risk.
Results: predominance of male seniors. Gastroduodenal peptic ulcer was the most frequent cause. Regarding the socio-economic status of patients, the middle level prevailed without significant differences between the study groups. Coffee consumption was the most common toxic habit and was significantly higher in the group of patients increasing three times the risk of disease. Consumption of spicy was not found associated with the occurrence of gastrointestinal bleeding, a fact that did happen with the consumption of irritating drugs and the presence of a previous history of digestive tract disease, increasing to twelve times respectively the risk of the entity.
Conclusions: there was association between some clinical and epidemiological variables with the occurrence of upper gastrointestinal bleedingDownloads
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