Clinical study of ascites with special reference to Serum-Ascitic Albumin Gradient

Cb, Bindu; Nayak, U Ashwini

doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2013.151120131

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“…The study's participants ranged in age from 18 to 70, with an average age of 57.44 years and a male predominance of 57%. This is consistent with a study by Bindu and Nayak, which found that the incidence of ascites was highest in people between the ages of 40 and 50 and that male patients made up the majority of those affected (85%) [12]. The peak incidence of ascites was observed in people between the ages of 41 and 60, and numerous studies have shown that men dominated [13][14][15][16].…”

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“…This is in line with a number of studies that mentioned LC (78%), followed by tuberculous peritonitis (8%), as the most frequent etiologies of ascites. Although drinking alcohol was the most frequent culprit in LC (85%), HBV infection came in second [12,14]. According to Baptiste's research, post-viral cirrhosis (74%), followed by HCC (16.60%) and peritoneal TB (13.7%), accounted for the majority of etiologies [9].…”

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Specificity and Sensitivity of Ascitic Fluid Total Protein (AFTP) and Serum Ascitic Albumin Gradient (SAAG) in Diagnosis Etiology of Ascites

Gomaa

Hassan

Fares

2023

Fayoum University Medical Journal

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Liquid accumulating abnormally in the peritoneal cavity is known as ascites [1]. Ascitic patients present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Abdominal paracentesis and ascitic fluid analysis should be the first steps in assessing patients with ascites, as they are the quickest and most effective methods. Ascites is typically divided into exudate and transudate using the ascitic fluid total protein (AFTP) estimate, which is high in exudative (> 2.5 gm/dl) and transudate ascites (<2.5 mg/dl)

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Specificity and Sensitivity of Ascitic Fluid Total Protein (AFTP) and Serum Ascitic Albumin Gradient (SAAG) in Diagnosis Etiology of Ascites

Gomaa

Hassan

Fares

2023

Fayoum University Medical Journal

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“…Jaffri [7] and Nakhale [11] have reported similar average ages with respectively 37.83 ± 10.28 and 42.41 ± 7.72 years. A male predominance has been observed, confirming the results reported by Bindu [4] and Kumar [6]. About the reason for hospitalization, the increase of abdominal volume was reported to be the most frequent.…”

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“…It brings a diagnostic and therapeutic problem [4]. The diagnosis involves clinic but also some paraclinical examinations, sometimes none available in underdeveloped countries.…”

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Epidemiological, Clinical and Etiological Aspects of Ascites in the Medicine Department at the Departmental University Hospital of Borgou

Dovonou¹,

Alassani²,

Saké³

et al. 2017

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Goals: The study has been initiated in order to describe the epidemiological, clinical and etiological aspect of the ascites. Patients and methods: This was a retrospective and descriptive study on the patients with an ascite and followed at the medicine department of Borgou departmental teaching hospital. Results: A total of 190 patients have presented an ascite or a hospital prevalence at 3.93%. A male predominance has been observed with a sex-ratio at 1.7. The average age was 39.7 ± 13.9 years. The reason for consultation is dominated by the increase of the abdominal volume (69.5%). The ascite fluid is macroscopically yellow citrine. The cirrhosis (28.5%) and the heart diseases (18.6%) were the most encountered causes of the ascites. Conclusion: The etiologies of ascites are various and dominated by the hepatic cirrhosis and the heart diseases.

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“…Many sub-classifications for ascites were developed. Regarding the ascitic total protein concentration at a cutoff value of 2.5 mg/dL, ascites can be distinguished into transudate or exudate [6]. Also, regarding serumascites albumin gradient (SAAG), it can be classified into portal hypertension-related ascites and nonportal hypertensive one (SAAG are ≥ 1.1 and < 1.1 gm/dL, respectively) [7].…”

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Ascitic non-HDL-C/HDL-C ratio:a novel prognostic marker in liver cirrhosis

Esawy

Shabana

Elbaser

et al. 2019

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases

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Background and study aim: Laboratory tests were developed on ascitic fluid for assessing causes, mechanisms, and prognosis of the diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of ascitic lipids in cirrhosis with special consideration to the non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) and its related ratios. Methods:This cross-sectional study included 120 cirrhotic patients with ascites. Ascitic fluid analysis for lipid contents and calculations of ratios were done. Ascitic lipid contents and ratios are used to assess liver disease severity and predict the mortality in patients groups with different Child-Pugh classes.Results: Regarding Child-Pugh score, ascitic cholesterol, and HDL-C showed significantly higher levels in group C when compared to groups A and B. Ascitic non-HDL-C and ascitic non-HDL-C/ HDL-C ratio had a statistically significant increasing trend among Child-Pugh groups. Serum-ascites cholesterol gradient showed no significant difference among Child-Pugh groups (p>0.05). Ascitic non-HDL-C/ HDL-C ratio had the highest positive linear correlation with cirrhosis severity scores (p<0.0001). High ascitic non-HDL-C/ HDL-C ratio patients had a higher mortality rate when compared to those with a lower ratio (38.5% versus 9.5%). Conclusion:Ascitic non-HDL-C/HDL-C ratio was more beneficial than non-HDL-C level in cirrhosis severity prediction. Also, it could predict the cirrhotic patients' survival. So, Ascitic non-HDL-C/HDL-C ratio seems to be an excellent prognostic marker for cirrhosis.

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Clinical study of ascites with special reference to Serum-Ascitic Albumin Gradient

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Specificity and Sensitivity of Ascitic Fluid Total Protein (AFTP) and Serum Ascitic Albumin Gradient (SAAG) in Diagnosis Etiology of Ascites

Specificity and Sensitivity of Ascitic Fluid Total Protein (AFTP) and Serum Ascitic Albumin Gradient (SAAG) in Diagnosis Etiology of Ascites

Epidemiological, Clinical and Etiological Aspects of Ascites in the Medicine Department at the Departmental University Hospital of Borgou

Ascitic non-HDL-C/HDL-C ratio:a novel prognostic marker in liver cirrhosis

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