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Complex (NOT simple) ascites on Abdominal POCUS
(very subtle intra-ascitic echoes--didn't translate to Twitter well) secondary to
Complex (NOT simple) ascites ... very subtle intra-ascitic ... ) secondary to SBP ... 869585940200796160 #Ascites ... clinical #ultrasound #SBP
Ascites - Workup and Management

#Ascites #Workup #Diagnosis #Management #SAAG #Evaluation #SBP #Hepatology
Ascites - Workup ... Management #Ascites ... SAAG #Evaluation #SBP
Management and Complications of Cirrhosis and Ascites

Ascites Workup Algorithm
Ascites Management
Refractory Ascites
Hyponatremia
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP)
Hepatic Hydrothorax
AKI in
Cirrhosis and Ascites ... Ascites Workup ... Algorithm Ascites ... Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP ... #Cirrhosis #Ascites
Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
Diagnosis of ascites ... according to the serum ascites ... SAAG ≥ 1.1: - Ascitic ... metastases - Ascitic ... Tuberculosis #SAAG #ascites
Secondary Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) 
 #Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm #SSBP #SpontaneousBacterialPeritonitis #Secondary #Peritonitis #BMJ
Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP ... Management #Algorithm #SSBP
Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP ... SBP. ... #Peritonitis #SBP ... Pneumoperitoneum #Complex #Ascites
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
Complications • Ascites ... Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis and Management
Ascites PMN > 250/mm3
? Nosocomial or hospital acquired. Recent
Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP ... and Management Ascites ... , cefotaxime) SBP ... protein (< 1.5g/L) ascites ... #Peritonitis #SBP
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
with exudative ascites ... Low ascitic fluid ... for exudative ascites ... patients with ascites ... #exudative #ascites
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
by inoculating ascitic ... Culture-negative neutrocytic ascites ... culture-positive SBP ... Diuretics ↑ ascitic ... mortality • Ascitic