GEgastro-endoscopyPC/SDplatelet count to spleen diameter ratioPHCprimary health centerBackground: Portal hypertension commonly occurs due to liver cirrhosis, and esophageal varices (EV) is one of the major complications associated with it. The most common cause of death in liver cirrhosis is EV ...
On evaluation, he had Child-Pugh A liver cirrhosis with portal hypertension along with grade III esophageal varices and splenomegaly. After adequate optimization, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy was performed. The patient is doing well at a follow up of 12 months with an adequate weight loss and ...
Noninvasive Markers for Prediction of Esophageal Varices GradeT. N., DiwakarN., MonikaThimmannagari, SanjanaEuropean Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine
SERUM-ASCITES ALBUMIN GRADIENT (SAAG): PREDICTION OF PRESENCE AND GRADE OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS: 222Awad, AmirSingu, BheemaAl-Karain, MohamedRemy, ProspereChilimuri, SridharBlum, SteveBloom, Alan A.Daniel, Myrta...
HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY GRADE III, HEMATEMESIS AND MELENA DUE TO RUPTURE OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES, IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS CHILD C HEPATITIS B-RELATEDAsih, HerawatiYessy, PuspitasariBiochemical & Cellular Archives
The cutoff point of platelets count as a predictor for esophageal varices among studied groups was 3 had 42.5%, specificity 63.5%, negative predictive value 40% and positive predictive value 65%. The cutoff value for the ALBI score representing large-sized esophageal varices was -1.27. The ALBI...
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Vol. 67 - N° 5 - p. AB193 - The Role of Narrow Band Imaging in the Detection of Early Esophageal Varices. Does the NBI Grade Varix Exist? Interobserver Agreement Using Narrow Band Imaging and White Light - EM|consulte...
Mo1536 Management of High Grade Dysplastic in Barrett's Esophagus With Underlying Esophageal Varices - Gastrointestinal Endoscopydoi:10.1016/j.gie.2015.03.1652Palmer, William C.Di Leo, MilenaJovani, ManolHeckman, MichaelDiehl, NancyIyer, Prasad G....
The Child–Pugh classification was originally designed to predict mortality during surgery in patients with bleeding esophageal varices [17], and is now used to assess the degree of liver dysfunction. There has been concern regarding the consistency of the Child–Pugh classification due to the ...