To validate the PC/SD ratio to be used to predict the variceal haemorrhage in Chinese patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated hepatic cirrhosis.
Esophageal variceal bleeding remains the leading cause of acute mortality in patients with cirrhosis. Using noninvasive parameters for high-risk variceal haemorrhage may reduce the need for endoscopies. The ratio of platelet count/diameter of the spleen (PC/SD ratio) is the principal noninvasive predictor of esophageal varices. This was an analytical cross-sectional study to validate the diagnostic test for HBV hepatic cirrhosis and was performed between January 2013 and August 2015. This study is to validate the PC/SD ratio to identification of those patients with high bleeding risk and selection for prophylactic treatment.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
150
Platelet count were evaluated by complete blood count, and ultrasound was used to measure the longest diameter of the spleen.The platelet count/spleen diameter ratio was calculated
Renji Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio
This was an analytical cross-sectional study to validate the diagnostic test for HBV hepatic cirrhosis and was performed between January 2013 and August 2015
Time frame: up to 2.5 years
Child-Pugh score.
This was an analytical cross-sectional study to validate the diagnostic test for HBV hepatic cirrhosis and was performed between January 2013 and August 2015
Time frame: up to 2.5 years
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