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Agreement and Reliability of Transient Elastography

Agreement and Reliability of Transient Elastography in Patients With Chronic Viral Hepatitis - a Cross-sectional Test-retest Study


Sponsor

Lund University

Enrollment

300 participants

Start Date

Jun 1, 2023

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Summary

The aim of this study is to assess agreement, smallest detectable change, and reliability of repeated measurements of liver stiffness of transient elastography in patients with chronic viral hepatitis, and to explore factors associated with disagreement.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria3

  • Patients at the departments of infectious diseases in Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg with chronic viral hepatitis.
  • Adult patients
  • Signed informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria3

  • suspected or confirmed pregnancy.
  • patients unable to speak Swedish
  • inability to sign informed consent.

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Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTTransient elastography

Transient elastography measures liver stiffness in kPa


Locations(1)

Oskar Ljungquist

Helsingborg, Skåne County, Sweden

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