Abstract
This is a descriptive cross section study to assess patients affected with right
upper quadrant pain. Study was conducted in Modern Medical Center, at
ultrasound department carried out during the period from October 2018 to
October 2019. The study conducted on 100 patients suffering from right upper
quadrant pain by routine transabdominal ultrasound. The main objective of
this study is to assess RUQ pain in Sudanese population using
ultrasonography. The study was classified and analyzed by statistical package
for social science (SPSS) software. The analysis results showed that (57%)
cases females and (43%) cases males. The incidence was high among the age
group (40-49) which represented (36%). Most of the patients presented with
pain mild and moderate (75%). Most common finding was gall stone 42
patients (42%). The rest of findings included (13%) normal, (10%) bowel
gasses, (7%) CBD stone, calculus cholecystitis, (5%), Acalculus cholecystitis
(4%), pancreatitis (3%), and other finding like fatty liver, liver cyst, portal
hypertension and hepatitis. The study found no significant difference between
patients gender and gall bladder ultra sound findings p = 0.019, also was no
significant different between gender and liver ultrasound findings p = 0.007.
The study concluded that ultrasound can assess right upper quadrant pain and
provides excellent details about the findings in patients. And recommended
that transabdominal ultrasonography should be use as routine examination for
high risk patient affected with right upper quadrant pain.
Library, T. & Mohamed, N (2021). Assessment Of Patients With Right Upper Quadrant Pain Using Ultrasonography. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/assessment-of-patients-with-right-upper-quadrant-pain-using-ultrasonography
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Library, The Public Access and Mohamed, Nour . "Assessment Of Patients With Right Upper Quadrant Pain Using Ultrasonography" Afribary (2021). Accessed June 30, 2022. https://afribary.com/works/assessment-of-patients-with-right-upper-quadrant-pain-using-ultrasonography