Recent research has focused on the use of noninvasive methods to detect patients with the intention of avoiding endoscopy in low-risk cases . Thrombocytopenia (platelet count \< 150,000/μl) is a common complication in patients of chronic liver disease (CLD) . So, the investigators in this research formulated this study to determine whether platelet count can predict the presence of EV or varices which need prophylactic therapy (medium or large size EV) in a cohort of Egyptian patients with liver cirrhosis and can identify patients with the intention of avoiding endoscopy in low-risk cases.
