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Malignant ascites negatively impacts patient's quality of life and has significant impact on the health care resources. Majority of management guidelines are based on systemic reviews that have predominately relied on retrospective data. Therefore, there
Ahmed S. Elsakka, H. Yarmohammadi
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Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and renin-aldosterone in volume regulation of patients with cirrhosis [PDF]
The role of the atrial natriuretic factor and of the main counteracting sodium-retaining principle, the renin-aldosterone system, in acute volume regulation of cirrhosis of the liver has been investigated.
Anderson+46 more
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Acute renal failure (ARF) is a common complication in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. The traditional diagnostic criteria of renal failure in these patients were proposed in 19961 and have been refined in subsequent years.2 According to these ...
P. Angeli+18 more
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Current management of refractory ascites in patients with cirrhosis
Liver cirrhosis is a health problem worldwide, and ascites is its principal symptom. Refractory ascites is intractable and occurs in 5%–10% of all patients with ascites due to cirrhosis.
Ruihong Zhao+5 more
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To determine effects of the biochemical and cytological properties of blood, serum, and ascites on survival of patients with malignant peritoneal effusion (MPeE), including malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (MPeM) and peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC), we ...
Shan-shan Su+7 more
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Background and Aims: Ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) are frequent complications of liver cirrhosis. In spite of the clinical impact, knowledge about ascites as an immune cell compartment in liver disease is limited.
Philipp Lutz+17 more
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Prognostic value of ascites in patients with liver cirrhosis undergoing cardiac surgery
Introduction Mild or moderate liver cirrhosis increases the risk of complications after cardiac surgery. Ascites is the most common complication associated with liver cirrhosis.
Amila Cizmic+5 more
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Ascites re-compensation in HBV-related first decompensated cirrhosis after anti-viral therapy
Effective antiviral therapy can significantly improve the long-term prognosis of HBV-related decompensated patients, and re-compensation may be achieved in part of the patients. To explore the re-compensation of ascites after HBV suppression and the risk
Mingyu Li+7 more
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Evidence for down-regulation of beta-2-adreno-ceptors in cirrhotic patients with severe ascites [PDF]
The density and affinity of beta-2-adrenoceptors on mononuclear cells from peripheral blood were studied in fifteen patients with cirrhosis of different severity and in thirteen controls. There was no significant difference between cirrhotic patients and
AlexanderL. Gerbes+22 more
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WNT signaling inducing activity in ascites predicts poor outcome in ovarian cancer
High grade serous carcinoma of the ovary, fallopian tube, and peritoneum (HGSC) is the deadliest gynecological disease which results in a five-year survival rate of 30% or less.
A. Kotrbová+12 more
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