Study of Patients with Right Upper Quadrant Pain using Ultrasonograhpy

Abstract

This is a descriptive cross section study to assess patients affected with right

upper quadrant pain. Study was conducted in kamleen area, Sudan, at

different ultrasound departments of Giad hospitals and medical diagnostic

centers carried out during the period from March to May 2017. 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.