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Risk Factors of Esophageal Bleeding in Children with Various Etiologies of Liver Cirrhosis – A Single-Center Report from Iran
- Source :
- Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research. 23:135-140
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2022.
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Abstract
- Esophageal bleeding is a common complication in patients with liver cirrhosis. In thee present study, our aim was to divulge major factors predicting esophageal bleeding in Iranian children with liver cirrhosis. This was a cross-sectional study including 101 children < 18 years old referred to the Pediatric Endoscopy Unit of Nemazee Teaching Hospital of Shiraz from 2014 until 2016. Children with esophageal varices were included. The patients were divided into two groups including those with and without history of esophageal bleeding. Statistical methods were performed in SPSS 16 software. There were 49 boys and 52 girls. The mean age was 7.74±5.26 years old. A history of esophageal bleeding was observed in 53 (52.4%). In univariate analyses, significant relationships were found between esophageal bleeding and varices size (P=0.001), Child-Pugh score (P=0.01), age of bleeding initiation (P
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Cirrhosis
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Single Center
Gastroenterology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Esophageal bleeding
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Internal medicine
medicine
Etiology
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
business
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- ISSN :
- 2335075X and 18208665
- Volume :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b14f9363ba92838b1fec5125d9b5748d