Publications by authors named "Fairouz Abid"
Article Synopsis
- Non-invasive methods like splenic and liver stiffness measurements can help assess portal hypertension in chronic liver disease, specifically in hepatitis B patients.
- A study found that both stiffness measurements significantly predicted the presence of esophageal varices, with specific threshold values achieving high accuracy rates.
- Combining splenic and liver stiffness with the FIB-4 score enhances the ability to predict esophageal varices and improves diagnostic effectiveness.
Objective: Our aim is to report the clinical aspects, the etiologies, the treatment and the evolution of the psoas abscess in the adult.
Methods: Our retrospective study concerns 38 cases of psoas abscesses collected in the Department of Infectious Diseases of Sfax (Tunisia), over a period of 16 years (January 1990 - December 2005).
Results: The average age is 44 years (extremes: 16-76 years).