Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of APRI and Transient Elastography for prediction of esophageal variceal bleed in liver cirrhosis

Background: Liver Cirrhosis is the end-stage for chronic liver disease. Repeated course of endoscopy recommended, as this intervention expensive and often poorly accepted by patients, there a need non-invasive methods to predicts progression portal hypertension well presence size esophageal varices. This study was aimed assess APRI Transient Elastography predicting variceal bleed in cirrhotic patients. Objectives were Diagnostic accuracy Prediction cirrhosis, diagnostic comparison cirrhosis. Methods: It Single centre, observational 35 patients Patients included after fulfilling inclusion exclusion criteria. CBC, LFT, KFT, SE, viral marker, USG whole abdomen, UGIE, done. calculated every patient. Results: The showed moderate bleed. performed better prediction Conclusions: They help starting prophylactic therapy earlier prevent bleeding other complications These parameters can also play an effective role conjunction with