Open AccessPortal pressure and blood nitric oxide levels as predictors of outcome in biliary atresia
Author(s) -
Vikram Khanna,
Veereshwar Bhatnagar,
Sandeep Agarwala,
M Srinivas,
Nibhriti Das,
Manoj Kumar Singh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.176931
Subject(s) - medicine , biliary atresia , portal hypertension , gastroenterology , incidence (geometry) , blood pressure , prospective cohort study , jaundice , surgery , liver transplantation , cirrhosis , optics , transplantation , physics
To evaluate the incidence of portal hypertension (PHT) in biliary atresia (BA) patients and to monitor its progress after Kasai portoenterostomy (KP) by measuring nitric oxide (NO) levels in peripheral blood.