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Targeted decrease of portal hepatic pressure gradient improves ascites control after TIPS
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 The river diagram demonstrates that after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt insertion (TIPS) the majority of patients without ascites and 50% of the patients with ascites detectable at ultrasound, show the best response in the long term follow‐up.
Alexander Queck +14 more
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The role of the host—Neutrophil biology
Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Neutrophilic polymorphonuclear leukocytes (neutrophils) are myeloid cells packed with lysosomal granules (hence also called granulocytes) that contain a formidable antimicrobial arsenal. They are terminally differentiated cells that play a critical role in acute and chronic inflammation, as well as in the resolution of inflammation and wound ...
Iain L. C. Chapple +4 more
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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis [PDF]
DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 2004 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis occurs in 30% of patients with ascites due to cirrhosis leading to high morbidity and mortality rates. The pathogenesis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is related to altered host defenses observed in end-stage liver disease, overgrowth of microorganisms, and bacterial translocation from the intestinal lumen to ...
Edna, Strauss, Wanda Regina, Caly
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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2009 Since its initial description in 1964, research has transformed spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) from a feared disease (with reported mortality of 90%) to a treatable complication of decompensated cirrhosis, albeit with steady prevalence and a high recurrence rate.
Anastasios, Koulaouzidis +2 more
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Moraxella Peritonitis in a Non-Peritoneal Dialysis Patient
Journal of Scientific Innovation in Medicine, 2021 Background: Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis is a serious complication of ascites in patients with liver cirrhosis. Most commonly, the cause is monomicrobial, the usual suspects being E. Coli, K. pneumoniae, and sometimes, S. pneumoniae.
Aruna Muthumanickam +2 more
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Prophylaxis for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis. [PDF]
Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y)Sterling RK.
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Saintika Medika, 2017 Cirrhosis Hepatis merupakan hasil akhir dari jejas hepatoseluler yang ireversibel dan menimbulkan fibrosis dan regenerasi nodular pada hepar. Retensi air dan garam tampak jelas sebagai manifestasi klinis pada semua kasus Cirrhosis Hepatis disebut asites.
Meddy Setiawan
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Bacterial infections in patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2014 Introduction. Bacterial infections are common complications and the cause of death in patients with cirrhosis and ascites. There is no standard method for a rapid and low-cost diagnosis, and its prognosis is poor. Objective.
Marković-Živković Bojana +6 more
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Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2021 We describe a case of gonococcal spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in a 48-year-old sexually active female with alcoholic cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis B. She was admitted with fever, abdominal pain and distension without dysuria, dyspareunia, or
George Mwandia +3 more
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Primary spontaneous listerial peritonitis
IDCases, 2023 A male in his mid-60s with chronic kidney disease, ischemic cardiomyopathy, and nonalcoholic cirrhosis due to congestive hepatopathy presented with fever and abdominal pain for two weeks.
Joseph Tholany +3 more
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