Transient elastography and aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio predict liver injury in paediatric intestinal failure.

Maria HukkinenReetta KivisaariJouko LohiPäivi HeikkiläAnnika MutanenLaura Merras-SalmioMikko P Pakarinen

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2015)

Both TE and APRI are promising noninvasive methods for monitoring the development of IF-related liver histopathology. TE values reflected the degree of fibrosis better while APRI detected histological cholestasis more accurately.

Keyphrases

drug induced
liver injury
liver fibrosis
intensive care unit
emergency department
cerebral ischemia
subarachnoid hemorrhage