DETERMINATION OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN PATIENTS OF CIRRHOSIS WITH SERUM-ASCITES ALBUMIN GRADIENT

Objective: To determine commonest SAAG “serum-ascites albumin gradient” value in cirrhotic disease patients having esophageal varices and to evaluate serum albumin and serum ascites values. Study Design: A cross sectional study. Place and Duration: In the East Medical Ward of Mayo Hospital Lahore for one year duration from July 2017 to July 2018. Methods: This section was performed on hundred patients of cirrhosis with ascites to calculate the SAAG level in ascitic and serum fluid, SAAG value (≥ 1.1 g / dl) was examined and high SAAG value ≥ 1.1 g / dl when <1.1 g / dl to classify the esophagus varices SAAG under. All patients were done with upper GI endoscopy. Results: Of the hundred patients, 62 were male and 38 were female. The SAAG was 1.099 ± 0.62. In 87 patients, Esophageal varices (EV) were noted and were not present in thirteen subjects. The esophageal varices grading, SAAG degree (p <0.01) and correlation coefficient r = 0.56 (p