Baveno criteria perform better than expanded Baveno and Rete Sicilia Selezione Terapia-Hepatitis C virus criteria for predicting varices needing treatment.
Ashish AgarwalPiyush PathakSwatantra GuptaRamesh Kumar. ShalimarPublished in: Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (2021)
Baveno criteria are useful to avoid screening endoscopies in patients with cirrhosis of viral etiologies. In contrast, although expanded Baveno criteria and RESIST-HCV criteria spare more endoscopies, a high missed VNT rate limits their applicability.