Percentage of small platelets on peripheral blood smear and Child-Turcott-Pugh class can predict the presence of oesophageal varices in newly diagnosed patients with cirrhosis: development of a prediction model for resource limited settings

Percentage of small platelets on peripheral blood smear and Child-Turcott-Pugh class can predict the presence of oesophageal varices in newly diagnosed patients with cirrhosis: development of a prediction model for resource limited settings

Abstract Background In cirrhosis upper-gastrointestinal-endoscopy (UGIE) identifies oesophageal varices (OV). UGIE is unavailable in most resource-limited settings. Therefore, we assessed prediction of presence of OV using hematological parameters (HP) and Child-Turcott-Pugh (CTP) class. Methods A p...

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Main Authors: K. Perera, S. K. Kodisinghe, D. S. Ediriweera, D. Moratuwagama, S. Williams, A. Pathmeswaran, M. A. Niriella, H. J. de Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Oesophageal varices
Varices
Cirrhosis
Prediction
Haematology
Small platelets
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12876-019-1054-5

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