Portal @entity101 which usually leads to @entity548 from oesophageal varices in @entity1 remain a difficult medical problem. The upper @entity344 is currently considered as the best reliable method to diagnose oesophageal varices in portal @entity101 . But endoscopic screening is an invasive procedure and is not easily available even in tertiary health care facilities of Bangladesh till now. Therefore an alternative noninvasive indicator is being looked for the diagnosis of portal @entity101 . Patients with serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) values >= 1.1gm/dl have recently found to have presence of portal @entity101 . The study was carried out to set up a diagnostic value of SAAG for the prediction of portal @entity101 changes (oesophageal and @entity2312 , gastropathy) of upper @entity344 in @entity1 . This cross sectional study was conducted at the Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. A total of 30 cases of portal @entity101 were studied from November 2008 to February 2010. Oesophageal varices were found in 86.7% of cases. Significant association was found between high SAAG values and presence of oesophageal varices. Frequencies of oesophageal varices increased as the SAAG values increased. The cut off point of SAAG value was found to be 1.55gm/dl for the presence of oesophageal varices where sensitivity and specificity were found 84.6% and 100 % respectively. From this study, it can be concluded that SAAG value 1.6gm/dl is an indicator of portal @entity101 changes especially oesophageal varices in @entity1 .

Evaluation of Correlation between High Serum-Ascites Albumin Gradient and the Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Parameters in XXXX Presenting With Portal Hypertension with Ascites.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension', 'hypertensive'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['bleeding'] @entity344 :: ('MESH:D005767', 'Disease') :: ['gastrointestinal endoscopy'] @entity2312 :: ('MESH:D004932', 'Disease') :: ['gastric varices']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['Children']
