Department of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging Technology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Research Article
Reliability of Ultrasound in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease in the Diagnosis of Cirrhosis - A Systematic Review
Author(s): Mishal Javaid*, Syed Muhammad Yousaf Farooq, Syeda Khadija Tul Sughra, Muhammad Zubair, Mehreen Fatima, Abeer Gohar and Lina Khaled Fares Jallad
Background
Chronic liver disease is a major reason of morbidity and mortality. With a high prevalence of CLD, Ultrasonography can classify the appearances of cirrhosis and liver fibrosis etc.
Objective
The aim of this study was to assess the reliability of ultrasound in patients with chronic liver disease in the diagnosis of cirrhosis.
Methodology
This systematic review and meta - analysis were carried out in agreement with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta -Analyses guidelines (PRISMA). We searched medicine and EMBASE research databases including Google scholar, PubMed, NCBI, Scopus, and Crossref databases from 2000 up to 2021. The keywords included were chronic liver disease, HCC and cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and ultrasound, liver cirrhosis, reliability of.. View More»
