Diagnostic Accuracy of Elastography and Liver Disease: A Meta-Analysis.

Preeti MalikShreejith PillaiKriti AgarwalSalwa AbdelwahedRenu BhandariAbhishek SinghAnusha ChidharlaKajal PatelPriyanka SinghPritika ManaktalaRizwan RabbaniThoyaja KoritalaSachin Gupta

Published in: Gastroenterology research (2022)

Ultrasound-based TE has excellent diagnostic accuracy for identifying cirrhosis and liver fibrosis stages 3. Future studies should focus on estimating the diagnostic accuracy of other fibrosis stages in chronic liver disease patients. This will eventually decrease the risk associated with invasive liver biopsy.

Keyphrases

liver fibrosis
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
magnetic resonance imaging
ultrasound guided
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
case control