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Ascites is the accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity. Learn about the causes, symptoms, types, and treatment of ascites.
These clinical features, however, may not be evident in mild to moderate ascites and imaging studies such as an ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) scan can be useful. These studies may be able to detect the presence of as little as 100mL to 200mL of ascitic fluid. Chest and abdomina...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook ascites Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to ascites:malignant ascites as·ci·tes (ə-sī′tēz) n.pl.ascites An abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity. [Middle Englishaschites, from Late Latinascītēs, from Greekaskītēs, ...
Ascites is the pathological accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity caused by an imbalance of fluid in and out of the blood and lymphatic vessels. Portal hypertension is the major cause of ascites, but infectious and malignant causes are also very
Ascitic fluid adenosine deaminase activity (ADA) has been reported to be more sensitive and specific for the early diagnosis of tuberculous ascites than for other types of ascites.48,49A recent meta-analysis of four studies that included 264 patients confirmed the high sensitivity (100%) and spe...
Laboratory Studies In patients with new-onset ascites of unknown origin, peritoneal fluid should be sent for cell count, albumin level, culture, total protein, Gram stain, and cytology. Note the following: Inspection: Most ascitic fluid is transparent and tinged yellow. A minimum of 10,000 red...
Unlike the above-mentioned studies, which examined the peptidome of serum, our study mined ascites fluid, an excellent choice for biomarker discovery work. Since ascites fluid accumulation occurs close to the target tissue (proximity to disease is high), the fluid contains many cells of tumour ...
(i.e.,purple toptube) to avoid clotting of the specimen. The laboratory should perform the cell count in less than 60 minutes, but this is unusual. Different studies have demonstrated that the use of urinedipsticksto detect neutrophils in ascitic fluid has a high sensitivity, specificity, ...
We aimed to investigate the prognostic value of ascitic fluid cell counts in patients without SBP. A total of 178 patients were included and stratified by ascitic cell counts at index paracentesis: A-LEUK-low (<250/l), A-LEUK-intermediate (250-500/l) and A-LEUK-SBP (>500/l) for ...