Muhammad Waqas¹, Imdad Ali Ansari³, Mujtaba Jaffary⁴and Ghias-un-Nabi Tayyab²

ABSTRACT

Objectives:To determine the efficacy of adrenaline sclerotherapy to control upper GI bleeding Study Design:Observational / descriptive study. 

Place and Duration of Study:The study was conducted at Gastroenterology/Medical Ward, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore in collaboration with Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana from 1^st January 2016 to 30^th June 2016.

Materials and Methods:In this study a total of 100 cases of either gender between 20-60 years of age with upper GI bleed within last 24 hours were enrolled. The basic demographic data including age, gender, clinical presentation were recorded. Clinical efficacy of adrenaline was considered if there was no further upper GI bleeding upto 72 hour after endoscopy.

Results: The mean age was recorded as 38.41±11.83 years, 57% (n=57) were males and 43% (n=43) were females, efficacy of adrenaline sclerotherapy in controlling upper GI bleeding in was recorded in 66%(n=66) of the cases. Conclusions:The efficacy of adrenaline sclerotherapy is significantly higher and encouraging for controlling upper GI bleeding and this modality may be used for effective management of upper GI bleeding.

Keywords: Upper GI bleeding, Cancer population, Adrenaline sclerotherapy, Efficacy

Citation of article:Waqas M, Ansari IA, Jaffary M, Tayyab GN. Role of Adrenaline Sclerotherapy for Controlling Upper GI Bleeding.Med Forum 2017;28(5):163-165.