Platelet / spleen ratio for the diagnosis of esophageal varices and the risk of bleeding in patients with liver failure

Platelet / spleen ratio for the diagnosis of esophageal varices and the risk of bleeding in patients with liver failure

Introduction: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding of variceal origin has a high mortality. The platelet count/spleen major diameter ratio may be a useful noninvasive parameter to predict esophageal variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients. Objective: to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the pl...

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Main Authors: Álvaro José Montiel Jarquín, Arturo Garcia Galicia, Andrés Gámez Herrera, Emma Ixchel González Bravo, Ricardo Adolfo Parker Bosquez, José Alfredo Leon Zamudio, José Álvaro Parra Salazar, María del Socorro Romero Figueroa
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Ricardo Palma 2021-03-01
Series:Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Subjects:
esophageal varices
gastrointestinal bleeding
hepatic failure
spleen
platelets
platelets/spleen major diameter ratio
Online Access:http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/3708

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