[HTML][HTML] Platelet Count to Prothrombin Time: A Noninvasive Predictor of Esophageal Varices in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease

SRA Rizvi, MDA Wallam, AR Siddiqui, SAUH Haqqi… - Cureus, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods This was an observational comparative study conducted in the outpatient
department of Patel Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, using a non-probability consecutive …

[PDF][PDF] Diagnostic Accuracy of Splenic Index Measued on Ultrasound for Noninvasive Diagnosis of Esophageal Varices Keeping Endoscopy as Gold Standard

S Zafar, MJ Akhtar, TQ Khan, M Fatima… - Pakistan Journal of …, 2022 - scholar.archive.org
Background: End stage chronic liver disease results in the growth of fibrous tissue, the
disruption of hepatic architecture, and the formation of nodules, which interfere with liver …