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ArticleClinical and experimental gastroenterology2020

Validation of Revised Baveno VI Criteria for Screening of Varices Needing Treatment in Children with Cirrhosis.

Tryambak Samanta, Kalidas Biswas, Saubhik Ghosh, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Rajarshi Basu, Radheshyam Purkait, Abhisek Naskar, Shristi Butta, Debasis Das, Sutapa Ganguly

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Tryambak SamantaDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Medical College, Kolkata 73, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1691-4432
Kalidas BiswasDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Medical College, Kolkata 73, India.
Saubhik GhoshDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Medical College, Kolkata 73, India.
Manoj Kumar GuptaDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Medical College, Kolkata 73, India.
Rajarshi BasuDepartment of Pediatrics, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata 14, India.
Radheshyam PurkaitDepartment of Pediatrics, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata 14, India.
Abhisek NaskarDepartment of Pediatrics, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata 14, India.
Shristi ButtaDepartment of Pathology, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata 14, India.
Debasis DasDepartment of Community Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata 73, India.
Sutapa GangulyDepartment of Pediatrics, KPC Medical College, Kolkata, India.
KPC Medical College and Hospital · INNil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital · IN

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Abstract

backgroundBaveno VI criteria for screening varices needing treatment (VNT) have not yet been validated in an exclusive pediatric and adolescent set of the population, in whom baseline parameters differ in relation to adults. Therefore, our primary objective was to validate Baveno VI and its expanded form in children below 18 years of age. The secondary aim was to elicit whether any revision of the above criteria with a target of not missing more than 5% VNT could be more accurate for this age group. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe work was carried out in two medical institutes, over a span of 3 years. Consecutively enrolled patients below 18 years of age, with compensated cirrhosis confirmed by liver biopsy, were evaluated for related blood parameters, transient elastography (TE) and esophagogastroduodenoscopy.

resultsOut of the 33 recruited patients, five (15.15%) met the criteria for VNT. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of Baveno VI and Expanded Baveno VI were observed as 60%, 92.3%, 60% and 92.3%, and 20%, 100%, 100% and 88%, respectively. We found that the Revised Baveno VI criteria with TE <19 kPa and platelet count of >175×10

conclusionWe propose that further multicentrer studies with a larger sample size should be conducted before incorporating Revised Baveno VI criteria for high-risk varices in patients below 18 years in future guidelines.

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cACLDcompensated advanced chronic liver diseasehigh-risk varicesplatelet counttransient elastography

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