ALLMedicine™ Ascites Center

May 4th, 2021 - This is a comprehensive guidance on the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of ascites and hepatorenal syndrome in patients with chronic liver disease from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). It replaces the prior A...

May 3rd, 2021 - Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is considered the paradigmatic model of infection in patients with liver cirrhosis. Therefore, there is a need for an accurate and rapid method for SBP diagnosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the va...

May 2nd, 2021 - Patients with malignant ascites often suffer from distressing symptoms, especially in their end-of-life stage. Although paracentesis is the most common treatment modality to alleviate such symptoms, the optimal volume of paracentesis is not known....

Apr 28th, 2021 - Thinking outside the box of ascites differential diagnosis.|2021|Afecto EMP,Rodrigues MAR,Ponte AIL,Fernandes SS,|

Apr 28th, 2021 - No evidence of benefit of routine ascitic fluid analysis in refractory ascites undergoing therapeutic paracentesis.|2021|Marques de Sá I,Bibi M,Moura M,Carvalhana S,Cortez-Pinto H,|

Jul 11th, 2018 - KASL clinical practice guidelines for liver cirrhosis: Ascites and related complications.|2018| ,|therapeutic use,therapeutic use,diagnosis,etiology,metabolism,therapy,therapeutic use,complications,diagnosis,therapy,complications,diagnosis,analysis,

Aug 21st, 2017 - Even though hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD) is a potentially fatal complication of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), there is paucity of research on the management of associated multiorgan dysfunction. To help provide standardized car...

Jan 29th, 2015 - Diagnosis and management of acute kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis: revised consensus recommendations of the International Club of Ascites.|2015|Angeli P,Gines P,Wong F,Bernardi M,Boyer TD,|complications,diagnosis,therapy,complications,

Dec 31st, 2011 - Cirrhosis is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, if expanded liver diagnosis codes are used. 5 Ascites is the most common of the 3 major complications of cirrhosis, the other complications are hepatic encephalopathy and variceal.

Jul 16th, 2010 - EASL clinical practice guidelines on the management of ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis.|2010| ,|therapeutic use,diagnosis,etiology,therapy,diagnosis,etiology,therapy,therapeutic use,diagnosis,etiol...

May 4th, 2021 - This is a comprehensive guidance on the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of ascites and hepatorenal syndrome in patients with chronic liver disease from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). It replaces the prior A...

May 3rd, 2021 - Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is considered the paradigmatic model of infection in patients with liver cirrhosis. Therefore, there is a need for an accurate and rapid method for SBP diagnosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the va...

May 2nd, 2021 - Patients with malignant ascites often suffer from distressing symptoms, especially in their end-of-life stage. Although paracentesis is the most common treatment modality to alleviate such symptoms, the optimal volume of paracentesis is not known....

Apr 28th, 2021 - Thinking outside the box of ascites differential diagnosis.|2021|Afecto EMP,Rodrigues MAR,Ponte AIL,Fernandes SS,|

Apr 28th, 2021 - No evidence of benefit of routine ascitic fluid analysis in refractory ascites undergoing therapeutic paracentesis.|2021|Marques de Sá I,Bibi M,Moura M,Carvalhana S,Cortez-Pinto H,|

Mar 3rd, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Details of the phase-3 CONFIRM trial show the vasopressin analog terlipressin can reverse the effects of type 1 hepatorenal syndrome (HRS-1), although not without potentially serious side effects. The study, published i...

Nov 3rd, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hyponatremia is common in patients with indwelling peritoneal catheters for drainage of malignant ascites, according to a retrospective study. "We were surprised to find that over 80% of patients were hyponatremic after...

Nov 3rd, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hyponatremia is common in patients with indwelling peritoneal catheters for drainage of malignant ascites, according to a retrospective study. "We were surprised to find that over 80% of patients were hyponatremic after...

Oct 28th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with cirrhosis undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) for refractory ascites, sarcopenia is not associated with increased mortality, according to new research from the UK. "Until now...

Oct 28th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with cirrhosis undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) for refractory ascites, sarcopenia is not associated with increased mortality, according to new research from the UK. "Until now...