PLATELET COUNT-SPLENIC DIAMETER RATIO AS A NON-INVASIVE PREDICTOR OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN CIRRHOSIS-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

PLATELET COUNT-SPLENIC DIAMETER RATIO AS A NON-INVASIVE PREDICTOR OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN CIRRHOSIS

Published:2023-02-01 Issue: Volume: Page:51-53
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Container-title:INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH
language:en
Short-container-title:IJAR

Author:

Ramesh Naidu Yedla¹,Uday Kumar Yerramsetty²,sravan kumar Chandu,Balam Yoshitha²

Affiliation:

1. MD, Professor, Department of General Medicine

2. Postgraduate, Department of General Medicine

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Oesophageal varices have high mortality (40-70%) and occur 5-15% of cirrhotics per year. Cirrhotics need to be screened for Oesophageal varices with endoscopy once in 2-3years. Non-invasive predictors of varices-Fibroscan,Fibrotest,Platelet count/Splenic diameter(PC/SD) ratio reduce the burden and risk of endoscopy and make it preferrable in selected patients. Of these PC/SD ratio is promising. MATERIALS AND METHODS:50 patients diagnosed as cirrhosis are selected satisfying inclusion and exclusion criteria. All underwent Ultrasonography of abdomen, Upper Gastrointestinal endoscopy to conrm cirrhosis and Oesophageal varices and were divided in to two groups A&B based on with and without varices respectively. PC, splenic length(SL) and PC/SD ratio were compared between the two groups.

Publisher

World Wide Journals

Subject

Economics and Econometrics,Waste Management and Disposal,Literature and Literary Theory,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics,Communication,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,Physiology,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,General Medicine,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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