Diagnostic Accuracy of Doppler Ultrasonography in Predicting Presence of Esophageal Varices in Patients with Hepatitis-C Induced Cirrhosis
| Autor: | Gohar Jehan, Ali Mansoor, Rabia Shaukat, Aamer Nadeem Chaudhary |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Liver Cirrhosis Male medicine.medical_specialty Cirrhosis Adolescent Cross-sectional study Esophageal and Gastric Varices Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Esophageal varices Predictive Value of Tests Carcinoma Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Ultrasonography Doppler General Medicine Hepatitis C Middle Aged medicine.disease Portal vein thrombosis Endoscopy Cross-Sectional Studies Predictive value of tests Female 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. 29:612-615 |
| ISSN: | 1681-7168 1022-386X |
| DOI: | 10.29271/jcpsp.2019.07.612 |
| Popis: | Objective To determine the diagnostic accuracy of Doppler ultrasonography in predicting presence of esophageal varices in patients with hepatitis-C induced cirrhosis. Study design Descriptive analytical study. Place and duration of study Department of Radiology, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, from May 2016 to October 2016. Methodology Patients aged 15-70 years, who presented with cirrhosis and proved to be cirrhosis caused by Hepatitis-C of any gender and duration of disease more than 6 months, were included. Patients with hepatocelullar carcinoma or portal vein thrombosis, having received treatment for esophageal varices, and unwilling to undergo endoscopy were excluded. All the patients then underwent Doppler ultrasonography to calculate splenoportal index and findings were correlated with endoscopy findings. Results Out of 200 patients, 137 (68.50%) were males and 63 (31.50%) were females. In Doppler ultrasonography positive patients, 113 were true positive and 8 were false positive. Overall sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and diagnostic accuracy of Doppler ultrasonography in predicting presence of esophageal varices was 88.98%, 89.04%, 93.00%, 82.28% and 89.00%, respectively. Conclusion Doppler ultrasonography is the non-invasive modality of choice with high diagnostic accuracy in predicting presence of esophageal varices in hepatitis-C induced cirrhosis. |
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