Gastrointestinal varices screening

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [2]

Overview

Screening esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) for the diagnosis of esophageal and gastric varices is recommended after the diagnosis of cirrhosis is made.

Screening

Screening esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) for the diagnosis of esophageal and gastric varices is recommended after the diagnosis of cirrhosis is made.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

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↑ Grace ND, Groszmann RJ, Garcia-Tsao G, Burroughs AK, Pagliaro L, Makuch RW, Bosch J, Stiegmann GV, Henderson JM, de Franchis R, Wagner JL, Conn HO, Rodes J (1998). “Portal hypertension and variceal bleeding: an AASLD single topic symposium”. Hepatology. 28 (3): 868–80. doi:10.1002/hep.510280339. PMID 9731585.
↑ Sethasine S, Jain D, Groszmann RJ, Garcia-Tsao G (2012). “Quantitative histological-hemodynamic correlations in cirrhosis”. Hepatology. 55 (4): 1146–53. doi:10.1002/hep.24805. PMC 3721182. PMID 22109744.

Overview