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Abstract
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.
Portal hypertension commonly accompanies liver cirrhosis, and the
development of esophageaf varices (EV) is a serious consequence.
Cirrhotk patienis are recommended to undergo screening endoscopy for the presence of EV. This recommendation requires that the patients repeatedly undergo an unpleasant procedure, even through 50% may still have not developed TV. Non invasive predictors of varices would reduce the need for unnecessary screening endoscopies in patients without varices, several studies have evaluated possible non invasive markers of EV in adults but not sufficiently investigated in pediatrics.
The aim of this suidy was to describe the association between selected non invasive clinical, biochemical and radiological predictors of esophageal variees (EV) in children with chronic liver disease and the conventional upper endoscopy findings.
This study included sixty six children with chronic liver disease attending the outpatient clinics and inpalient of the Pediatric Hepatology Department, National Liver Insiitute, Menoutyia University.
All patients were subjected to the Following:
. • Full history taking,
* Thorough clinical examination.
* The following investigations.