Researchers at Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) have led a study that evaluates, for the first time, the ...

THE effect of increased intra-abdominal pressure due to ascites upon portal and systemic hemodynamics has not been directly documented although the hemodynamics of ascitic cirrhotic patients have ...

In this context, the results of the study by Angeli et al. 1 suggest that treatment of ascites in patients with cirrhosis should be initiated with a combination of either spironolactone 2,3,4,5 or ...

The most common symptom of ascites is abnormal swelling of the abdomen due to excessive fluid build-up or retention. Other ...

Subsequently, neurologic symptoms may lead to a correct diagnosis when such features as jaundice and ascites are attributed, in retrospect, to the cirrhosis of Wilson's disease. After this initial ...

In addition, the limits for qualitative variables (ascites and encephalopathy ... Child-Pugh score does not take into account the cause of cirrhosis and the possibility of stopping (or slowing ...

[10] The well-recognized hyperdynamic circulation in cirrhosis leads to a systematic ... are the use of diuretics in order to cope with ascites and fluid retention, the quite often prescribed ...

ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome and splenomegaly. Such complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with cirrhosis and the majority of indications ...