Clinical Characteristics, Etiologies, and Outcomes of Patients With Haematochezia at Al-Rajhi University Hospital.

Assiut University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Haematochezia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07157228

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Haematochezia is the passage of bright red or maroon blood or blood clots from the rectum, usually originates from a source in lower parts of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract

• In addition, haematochezia can be seen in patients with brisk upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB). The underlying etiology can vary from life threatening variceal bleeding to clinically insignificant haemorrhoidal bleeding . The most common etiology is diverticular bleeding, which accounts for 20% to 55% of cases, followed by intestinal ischemia, inflammatory bowel diseases, anorectal disorders, and neoplasia, which each accounting for around 10% of cases
• LGIB can be mild and intermittent or moderate or severe . Patients with mild bleeding can be electively evaluated as outpatients. While, those with severe bleeding should be hospitalized for management Acute or severe LGIB has an incidence of 20-30 cases/100,000 person years and accounts for 20% of GI bleeds (7-8). The overall mortality rate of LGIB is 2-4% .

Clinical data available at the time of initial patient evaluation can be used to identify patients at high risk for severe bleeding and other adverse outcomes. Several scoring systems have been developed to assess risk in acute LGIB .

To the best of our knowledge, no Egyptian study has addressed the outcome of patients with haematochezia presented at the endoscopy units or has evaluated the clinical utility of risk scores in assessment of patients admitted to hospitals with acute haematochezia. Therefore, we need to study the short-term outcomes of patients with haematochezia (and their predictors) after being managed.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

patients >18 years old presenting at the GIT Endoscopy Unit withfresh bleeding per rectum or admitted at Tropical Medicine & Gastroenterology Department, Al-Rajhi University Hospital in a period of one year.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients younger than 18 years old.
• Patients with isolated melena without haematochezia.
• Patients who refuse colonoscopy
• Patients who refuse to participate in the study.

Trial design

70 participants in 1 patient group

study group

Description:

patients \>18 years old presenting at the GIT Endoscopy Unit with fresh bleeding per rectum or admitted at Tropical Medicine \& Gastroenterology Department, Al-Rajhi University Hospital in a period of one year.