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Evaluasi Pengukuran Kekakuan Limpa Dalam Memprediksi Perdarahan Varises Esofagus Berulang Pada Pasien Sirosis Hati, Andi Cahaya Tahir, Juferdy Kurniawan, Marcellus Simadibrata, Aulia Rizka, Hamzah Shatri, Cosmas Rinaldi A. Lesmana, Nadia Ayu Mulansari

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia

Introduction. Esophageal variceal bleeding is one of the complications caused by an increase in pressure within the portal vein blood vessels. The gold standard examination for portal pressure is the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG), but HVPG examination is invasive, involving transjugular catheterization of the hepatic vein. Currently, non-invasive methods for measuring portal hypertension are being developed to predict esophageal varices and esophageal variceal bleeding using spleen stiffness measurements. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of spleen stiffness measurement in predicting recurrent esophageal variceal bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Methods. This study used a retrospective cohort …

Outcomes Of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding In Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients In The United States: A Propensity-Score Matched Analysis Of A Large National Database, Moon Ryu, Mohammed Quazi, Niloy Ghosh, Karthik Gangu, Amir H Sohail, Asif Farooq, Babu Sriram , Maringanti, Aman Goyal, Anupa Patel, Muhammad Salman Khan, Abu Baker Sheikh

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives

Patients with cirrhosis that are hospitalized with COVID-19 infection have been found to have worse outcomes. No comparative study has been conducted between gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in patients with cirrhosis who are diagnosed with COVID-19. We utilized the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database to perform a retrospective analysis of 24, 050 patients diagnosed with cirrhosis and COVID-19. The identified patients were separated into variceal bleeding, nonvariceal bleeding, and no (or neither) GI bleeding groups. After performing propensity sample matching and multivariate analysis of mortality, we found no significant differences in mortality among the three groups. However, the variceal bleed group …

Thyroid Dysfunction In Cirrhotic Patients And Its Correlation With Severity Of Liver Disease, Shaaban Salah Al Azhary, Ahmed Mohamed Ghazy, Ahmed Mohamed El Deeb, Ahmed Lotfy Elsayed

Al-Azhar International Medical Journal

Background: Liver disease modifies thyroid hormone metabolism, as well as a number of systemic disorders can have an effect on both the thyroid as well as the liver. Aim & objectives: To assess the thyroid derangements in cirrhotic individuals & its relationship to the severity of the liver disease. Patients and methods: This case control study included 150 cases of liver cirrhosis and 50 apparently healthy controls recruited from ward and outpatient clinic at Al-Hussin and Bab al sharia Hospitals, Department of hepatology, gastroenterology and infectious diseases between January 2023 till June 2023. Results: We found that Cirrhotic patients have …