Open AccessDevelopment and validation of a nomogram for predicting varices needing treatment in compensated advanced chronic liver disease: A multicenter study
Author(s) -
Jitao Wang,
Wenxin Wei,
Zhihui Duan,
Jinlong Li,
Yanna Liu,
Chuan Liu,
Liting Zhang,
Qingge Zhang,
Shengyun Zhou,
Kunpeng Zhang,
Fengxiao Gao,
Xiaojuan Wang,
Yong Liao,
Dan Xu,
Yifei Huang,
Shuai Wang,
Weiling Hu,
Hua Mao,
Ming Xu,
Tong Dang,
Bin Wu,
Li Yang,
Dengxiang Liu,
Xiaolong Qi
Publication year - 2021
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/sjg.sjg_22_21
Subject(s) - nomogram , medicine , cohort , confidence interval , receiver operating characteristic , logistic regression , odds ratio , multivariate analysis , varices , univariate , esophagogastroduodenoscopy , surgery , multivariate statistics , endoscopy , statistics , cirrhosis , mathematics
Only a small proportion of patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease (cACLD) had varices needing treatment (VNT) after recommended esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) screening. We aimed to create a non-invasive nomogram based on routine tests to detect VNT in cACLD patients.