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

It is also often a sign that liver cirrhosis has progressed from a stable to a decompensated state – and patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis have a poor prognosis. Nurses in advanced roles ...

[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 ...

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.

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 ...

(HealthDay)—For patients admitted with diagnoses of cirrhosis and ascites, paracentesis is associated with decreased in-hospital mortality but is underutilized, according to a study published ...

patients with ascites but no other complications; patients with variceal bleeding but no other complications; patients with ascites and variceal bleeding; and patients with hepatic encephalopathy ...

Back to Healio In a retrospective cohort study, researchers found that early paracentesis in patients with new onset ascites related to cirrhosis lowers 30-day re-admission rates. In addition ...

"There is a clear need for an effective drug therapy for patients with refractory ascites, as there are no FDA-approved drugs for this condition. These patients frequently develop life-threatening ...