How to suspect the presence of high-risk esophageal varices and when to start endoscopic surveillance in children with biliary atresia?

Ujjal Poddar Arghya Samanta Moinak Sen SarmaBasant KumarRicha LalAnshu SrivastavaVijay Datta UpadhyayaSurender Kumar YachhaAnkur Mandelia

Published in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2023)

Endoscopy is the best in predicting the presence of high-risk varices that might bleed; hence, early surveillance endoscopy should be started in children with splenomegaly, thrombocytopenia, and high APRI score to prevent variceal bleeding.

Keyphrases

young adults
public health
small bowel
ultrasound guided