oesophageal varices
Prediction of Oesophageal Varices and Its Grades Using the Glycated Albumin to Glycated Haemoglobin (GA/HbA1c) Ratio in Egyptian Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
... risk varices group” as compared by mean value which was increasing from group Ia ...of Oesophageal varices suggesting that the increase of GA/HbA1c ratio is associated with a higher grade of ...
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Study of Right Lobe of Liver Diameter to Albumin Ratio as a Non-Invasive Predictor of Oesophageal Varices in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
... This is to certify that the dissertation entitled “STUDY OF RIGHT LOBE OF LIVER DIAMETER TO ALBUMIN RATIO AS A NON- INVASIVE PREDICTOR OF OESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS” submitted by ...
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Effect of dexmedetomidine in the prophylactic endoscopic injection sclerotherapy for oesophageal varices: a study protocol for prospective interventional study
... diseases, including upper gastrointestinal bleeding, early gastric cancer, hepatobiliary – pancreatic diseases and oesophageal varices (OVs). 1–4 However, anxiety, pain, fear and adverse gastrointestinal ...
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Correlation of portal vein diameter with the presence of oesophageal varices in chronic liver disease: a prospective study
... esophageal varices (sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 90% and positive predictive value of ...esophageal varices exists with larger portal vein ...
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Oesophageal varices, schistosomiasis, and mortality among patients admitted with haematemesis in Mwanza, Tanzania: a prospective cohort study
... with oesophageal varices using exploratory univariable logistic regression ...for oesophageal varices using binary variables which reached p < ...
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Prediction of Oesophageal Varices in Cirrhotic Patients by Serum- Ascites Albumin Gradient
... esophago-gastric varices. Oesophageal varices (OV) are present at diagnosis in approximately 50% of cirrhotic patients, being more common in Child-Pugh class C patients as compared with Child- Pugh ...
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Prescribing Warfarin to a Patient with Oesophageal Varices—A Case Report and Review of the Literature
... A further one-year later, he was admitted with abdominal pain, nausea, and melaena. At the time he was also found to have a distended abdomen. He underwent oesophagogastroduodenoscopy, which revealed large ...
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Portal haemodynamics as a predictor of oesophageal varices in cirrhotic patients.
... The increase in portal venous inflow is a part of a generalized systemic derangement termed the hyperdynamic circulatory state. Collateral vessels that dilate and new vascular sprouts that form connect the high pressure ...
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Non Endoscopic Predictors of Oesophageal Varices in Patients with Cirrhosis of the Liver
... from oesophageal varices that are usually located within 3-5 cm of the oesophagogastric junction or from gastric ...the varices, endoscopic variceal features such as red spots and red stripes, high ...
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A Study on Platelet Count-Splenic Diameter Ratio as a Non-Invasive Predictor of Oesophageal Varices in Cirrhosis
... of varices. They included 106 cirrhotic patients with out varices at initial screening endoscopy and endoscopy was carried in these ...develop varices (p< ...
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Noninvasive index using complete blood counts (P2/MS) for detecting oesophageal varices in cirrhosis
... risk varices by non-invasive methods and have excited considerable interest among ...esophageal varices in cirrhosis patients such as: the platelet count, spleen size, Fibro test, diameter of portal vein, ...
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A Study on Child Pugh Score as a Non Endoscopic Predictor of Oesophageal Varices in patients with Alcoholic Liver Disease
... esophageal varices. A common site for oesophageal variceal rupture to occur is at the Gastro-esophagealjunction at the palisade zone – an area between the perforating zone of the oesophagus and the gastric ...
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LOW PLATELET COUNT AS AN EARLY INDEX FOR OESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN PATIENTS WITH PORTAL HYPERTENSION
... Material and Methods: This cross sectional analytic study was conducted in Bilal Medical Trust Hospital, Pir Baba and Kuwait Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan from January 2015 to December 2015. After approval from ...
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Acute Upper Digestive Bleedings in Hospital in Bamako
... Rupture of oesophageal varices was the leading cause of upper digestive hae- morrhage found in 57.6% of cases followed by peptic ulcer with 30.5% of cases, most likely because of the frequency of infection ...
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Validating the Usefulness of Doppler study of Hepatic Veins in Predicting Esophageal Varices in Cirrhotic Patients
... noninvasively predict the presence of any oesophageal varices or of large oesophageal varices . These studies have shown that biochemical, clinical, and ultrasonographic parameters alone or ...
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Clinical profile of patients presenting with gastrointestinal bleeding in a tertiary care hospital
... A variety of conditions can cause UGIB, and bleeding from peptic ulcer remains the commonest cause accounting for approximately (31-67%) of the cases, followed by oesophageal varices (6-39), mallory-weiss ...
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Serotonin is a useful non-invasive marker in diagnosis of gastroeosophageal varices in HCV cirrhotic patients
... Oesophageal varices a serious consequence of portal hypertension, and variceal bleeding occurring in up to 30% of patients with cirrhosis. Although, diagnosis and treatment are improved, a high mortality ...
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Non Invasive Predictor of Oesophgeal Varices in Cirrhosis- Platelet Count/Spleen Diameter Ratio
... Collaterals exist between the systemic venous system and the portal system. However owing to the lower resistance in the portal bed, blood flows from the systemic bed into the portal bed. With the development of portal ...
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Imaging of the oesophagus: beyond cancer
... Non-malignant oesophageal diseases are critical to recognize, but can be easily overlooked or misdiagnosed ...neoplasms, oesophageal varices, and intramural hema- toma), wall thinning/outpouching ...
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Oesophagocardiomyotomy for Achalasia Cardia via Thoracotomy in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana: A 5 Year Retrospective Review
... The diagnosis of achalasia includes after a classical symptomatic history, an up- per GI endoscopy, a barium swallow study and if available a PH manometry. Endoscopy is done mainly to rule out a mechanical obstruction or ...
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