Open AccessNon-invasive predictors of esophageal varices
Author(s) -
Jijo Velliyappillil Cherian,
N Deepak,
Rajesh Prabhu Ponnusamy,
Somasundaram Arumugam,
Jayanthi Venkataraman
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.74470
Subject(s) - medicine , esophageal varices , varices , gastroenterology , cirrhosis , confidence interval , univariate analysis , endoscopy , portal hypertension , multivariate analysis
Current guidelines recommend screening cirrhotic patients with an endoscopy to detect esophageal varices and to institute prophylactic measures in patients with large esophageal varices. In this study, we aimed at identifying non-endoscopic parameters that could predict the presence and grades of esophageal varices.