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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
AACN Advanced Critical Care, 2009 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a frequent and serious complication of ascites in the presence of advanced cirrhosis. Although SBP can be considered in other conditions associated with the presence of chronic ascites, SBP is most commonly associated with ascites from cirrhosis and its presence correlates with more advanced liver disease ...
Erica, Horinek, Doug, Fish
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Extrahepatic complications of liver transplantation. [PDF]
, 1985 The massive surgical assault associated with hepatic transplantation makes a high frequency of complications almost inevitable. In this review of 225 patient records, selected at random from cases of liver transplantation in Pittsburgh over a 2 1/2 year ...
Shaw, BW, Starzl, TE, Wood, RP
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Kвантитативно одредување на калпротектин во асцит кај пациенти со спонтан бактериски перитонитис [PDF]
, 2020 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in patients with liver cirrhosis is a newly developed, spontaneous bacterial infection of sterile ascites fluid, in the absence of intraabdominal sources of infection or malignancy.
Biljali, Sefedin +7 more
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Spontaneous pneumococcal peritonitis diagnosed by qPCR
IDCases, 2019 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is an uncommon manifestation of invasive pneumococcal disease and frequently occurs when an underlying hepatic disease is present. Bacterial identification through culture can be particularly challenging in patients with
Daniel Jarovsky +7 more
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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
Alexander L. Gerbes +41 more
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Enhanced release of elastase is not concomitant with increased secretion of granulocyte-activating cytokines in whole blood from patients with sepsis [PDF]
, 1994 Die Diskussion am Ende des Artikels wurde gelöscht (§137l UrhG).Background The proteolytic enzyme elastase released by granulocytes (polymorphonuclear leukocytes [PMN]) in high concentrations during sepsis causes degradation of essential plasma proteins,
Ertel, Wolfgang +6 more
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Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021 Objective: To study association between spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and clinical symptoms in liver cirrhosis. Study Design: cross-sectional study.
Syed Fayyaz Mehmood Gilani +3 more
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Advances in Laboratory Medicine, 2023 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a frequent severe complication in cirrhotic patients with ascites. Carbapenem antibiotics are currently the treatment of choice for patients with hospital-acquired or healthcare-related infections.
Rigo-Bonnin Raúl +6 more
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A rare and threatening complication in a cirrhotic patient [PDF]
, 2018 info:eu-repo/semantics ...
Anapaz, V, Branco, J, Reis, J, Santos, L
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Risk Factors for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Ascites [PDF]
, 2002 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is one of serious complication of liver cirrhosis. Most of the patient with SBP have severe reduced liver function that clasified as Child Plugh class C.
Djojoningrat, D. (Dharmika) +3 more
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