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The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2018 Ascites is the most common cause of decompensation in cirrhosis, and 5% to 10% of patients with compensated cirrhosis develop ascites each year. The main factor of ascites formation is renal sodium retention due to activation of the renin-angiotensin ...
Soung Won Jeong
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Ascites Index – an attempt to objectify the assessment of ascites
Journal of Ultrasonography, 2018 Introduction: Ascites is observed in cancer patients as well as in other non-neoplastic processes. In some patients, it may cause severe symptoms that can become directly life-threatening.
Piotr Szkodziak +6 more
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Ascites, refractory ascites and hyponatremia in cirrhosis [PDF]
Gastroenterology Report, 2017 Ascites is the most common complication related to cirrhosis and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Ascites is a consequence of the loss of compensatory mechanisms to maintain the overall effective arterial blood volume due to worsening splanchnic arterial vasodilation as a result of clinically significant portal hypertension.
Fortune, Brett, Cardenas, Andres
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Ascitic pseudouridine discriminates between hepatocarcinoma-derived ascites and cirrhotic ascites [PDF]
Clinical Chemistry, 1996 Abstract Various biochemical indexes discriminate neoplastic from nonneoplastic ascites. However, within the latter group, the distinction between cirrhotic ascites and ascites caused by hepatocarcinoma (HC) is usually based on liver biopsy or cytology.
CASTALDO, GIUSEPPE +6 more
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Pathophysiology of elevated ascites fluid cholesterol in malignant ascites [PDF]
, 1992 The existence of marked elevations of ascitic fluid cholesterol has been observed in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis compared to patients with cirrhosis and has been found useful in differential diagnosis.
Jüngst, Dieter +2 more
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Digestive Diseases, 2005 Patients with cirrhosis have significant abnormalities in their fluid and electrolyte balance; this is manifested mainly by the development of ascites and edema. Ascites is the most common complication of patients with cirrhosis and its development constitutes the first and most important manifestation of the disease. With disease progression, patients
Andrés, Cárdenas, Vicente, Arroyo
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Medical treatment of ascites in cirrhosis [PDF]
, 1993 Medical treatment of cirrhotic ascites is essentially supportive, dictated by the patient's discomfort, impaired cardiovascular or respiratory function and potential for infection. Treatment of ‘simple’ ascites (moderate fluid accumulation, serum albumin
Gerbes, Alexander L.
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1977 Summary A case of myxoedema ascites complicating ischaemic heart disease is reported. Partial thyroid hormone replacement therapy, given slowly, eventually produced a diuresis and complete resolution of the ascites after a delay of 4 weeks.
J A, Turner, J, Rapoport
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Improved quality of life in patients with refractory or recidivant ascites after insertion of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts [PDF]
, 2002 Background. We have recently shown that the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is more effective than paracentesis in the treatment of cirrhotic patients with severe ascites and can prolong survival in selected patients.
Reiser, Maximilian F. +5 more
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Value of Ascitic Lipids in the Differentiation between Cirrhotic and Malignant Ascites [PDF]
, 1986 Ascitic fluid concentrations of cholesterol, triglycerides and phospholipids, were compared with ascitic fluid total protein in 40 patients with chronic liver disease, 51patients with various neoplasms and 1 patient with cardiac failure.
Martin, Robert +3 more
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