Evaluation of aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index and fibrosis 4 scores for hepatic fibrosis assessment compared with transient elastography in chronic hepatitis C patients.

Pimsiri Sripongpun Pisit TangkijvanichWatcharasak ChotiyaputtaPhunchai Charatcharoenwitthaya Roongruedee Chaiteerakij Sombat Treeprasertsuk Chalermrat Bunchorntavakul Abhasnee SobhonslidsukApinya LeerapunSuparat KhemnarkKittiyod Poovorawan Sith Siramolpiwat Sakkarin Chirapongsathorn Meenakshi Sharma Ngamphol Soonthornworasiri Wattana Sukeepaisarnjaroennull null

Published in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2019)

APRI and FIB-4 scores had good diagnostic performances for FS assessment compared with TE, especially for cirrhosis. APRI may be used as the noninvasive assessment in resource-limited settings for HCV patients' management.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
liver fibrosis
peritoneal dialysis
hiv infected
subarachnoid hemorrhage