Can Endothelin-1 Levels in Patients with Esophageal Variceal Bleeding at Admission Predict Rebleeding Within 5 Days?

CONCLUSION: Serum endothelin-1 levels appear to be a reliable, practical, noninvasive predictor of early variceal rebleeding and related comorbidities such as the severity of kidney affection and duration of hospital stay.PMID:38454245 | PMC:PMC10895874 | DOI:10.5152/tjg.2024.23028

Source: The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology - March 7, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Shaker Wagih Shaltout A E Messery Ahmed Elshabrawi Ahmed I Amin Mostafa H Elshennawy Metwaly Ibrahim Mortada Walid ElSherbiny Hatem Elalfy Dina Elhammady Source Type: research