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<journal-id>0120-9957</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista colombiana de Gastroenterología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Col Gastroenterol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-9957</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Colombiana de Gastroenterología  ]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-99572018000300235</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22516/25007440.201</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Elastografía en tiempo real (Supersonic): comportamiento de la prueba en una cohorte de pacientes con cirrosis en un centro médico de Bogotá]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Real-time shearwave elastography (SSWE) in a cohort of patients with cirrhosis at a medical center in Bogotá]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Prieto O]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jhon E]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garzón-Orjuela]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nathaly]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez P]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Santiago]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Prieto O]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Robin G]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ochoa D]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrés F]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Eslava-Schmalbach]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Javier]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CEHYD)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Industrial de Santander  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bucaramanga ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>235</fpage>
<lpage>241</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-99572018000300235&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-99572018000300235&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-99572018000300235&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción:  la cirrosis, entendida como un proceso dinámico y reversible, es el resultado final de las enfermedades hepáticas crónicamente progresivas de diferentes etiologías. Los métodos no invasivos basados en ecografía se han convertido paulatinamente en una herramienta diagnóstica útil en el estudio de las hepatopatías. Dentro de estos métodos, la elastografía en tiempo real, o Supersonic, de reciente introducción en nuestro medio, nos permite estudiar estos pacientes.  Objetivo:  evaluar el comportamiento de la elastografía en tiempo real en pacientes con cirrosis en un centro de atención de enfermedades hepáticas y digestivas en la ciudad de Bogotá.  Materiales y métodos:  estudio piloto retrospectivo de una cohorte con pacientes cirróticos con diagnóstico comprobado por biopsia hepática, imágenes, clínica o una combinación de estas.  Resultados: se incluyeron 65 pacientes diagnosticados con cirrosis, la mediana de edad fue 58 años, 61,5% mujer y 38,5% hombre. Se encontró una mediana de rigidez hepática de 16,6 kilopascal (kPs) (RIQ de 13,9-19,5), con valor mínimo de 12 y un máximo de 30,5; sin una diferencia estadísticamente significativa entre mujeres y hombres dentro de los grupos con y sin biopsia (p = 0,64 y p = 0,26, respectivamente).  Conclusión:  los valores de la rigidez hepática de los pacientes cirróticos analizados en este estudio piloto se encontraron dentro de los reportados en los estudios iniciales de las pruebas a nivel internacional, por lo que se podría sugerir la realización de esta prueba no invasiva en pacientes con sospecha de cirrosis, evitando así las complicaciones de la biopsia hepática.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: Cirrhosis, understood as a dynamic and reversible process, is the final result of chronically progressive liver diseases of various etiologies. Non-invasive methods based on ultrasound have gradually become useful diagnostic tools for studying liver diseases. Real-time supersonic shearwave elastography (SSWE) study of these patients has recently been introduced to Colombia.  Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate real-time SSWE in patients with cirrhosis at a center for the treatment of liver and digestive diseases in Bogotá.  Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective pilot study of a cohort of cirrhotic patients with diagnoses confirmed by liver biopsies, imaging, clinical indicators or a combination of these.  Results: Sixty-five patients who had been diagnosed with cirrhosis were included in this study. The median age was 58 years, 61.5% were women, and 38.5% were men. We found that median hepatic stiffness was 16.6 kilopascals (kPs), the interquartile range was 13.9 -19.5, the minimum value was 12, and the maximum value was 30.5. There were no statistically significant differences between women and men, within groups and with and without biopsies (p = 0.64 and p = 0.26 respectively).  Conclusions: Hepatic rigidity measurements for cirrhotic patients analyzed in this pilot study were within the ranges reported in initial international tests, so this non-invasive test should be considered for patients suspected of having cirrhosis as a way to avoid complications of liver biopsies.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Supersonic]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fibrosis hepática]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cirrosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Real-time elastography]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[supersonic]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[liver fibrosis]]></kwd>
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