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

Abstract

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)