As cancer progresses, some patients develop 'mal ascites' in which body fluid accumulates in the abdominal cavity. Excessive ...

However, when the ascites is long standing and progressive, requiring repeated paracenteses, there is a steady loss of protein in a patient whose protein reserves are already seriously depleted.

[1] We have many patients with refractory ascites at our institution; at what point in management is a patient considered to be resistant to medical therapy, and what algorithm is recommended for ...

12 A 2000-mg limit in daily sodium intake is mandatory in the treatment of ascites. Dietary counseling is particularly useful for patients and the people who cook for them. We recommend fluid ...

Group I consisted of 30 patients with liver cirrhosis with or without ascites. Group II consisted of 30 patients with digestive malignant tumors with or without ascites. Group III consisted of 10 ...

Encouraging data from the first 15 patients in the study is announced. Treatment with BIV201 plus standard of care (SOC) resulted in a 34% reduction in ascites fluid during the 28 days after ...

“The approval of alfapump by the FDA opens the door to a breakthrough therapeutic option for patients with ascites,” Hugo E. Vargas, MD, MS, professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of ...

By analyzing the contents of ascites fluid from ovarian cancer patients, they identified a group of fat molecules called phospholipids as key drivers of this immune dysfunction, suggesting that ...

Patients were enrolled between July 2018 and June 2022. Key inclusion criteria were cirrhosis with grade 2 or 3 ascites, along with impaired renal function or severe liver impairment. Main ...