A 59-year-old male with alcoholic cirrhosis presented to our hospital with an acutely painful umbilical hernia, and 4 mo of exertional dyspnea. He was noted to be tachypneic and hypoxic. He had a massive right sided pleural effusion with leftward mediastinal shift and gross ascites, with a tense, fluid-filled, umbilical hernia. Emergent paracentesis with drain placement and a large volume thora...

We report a case in which mucoproteins from an adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, released into the ascitic fluid and serum, were filtered through the renal glomeruli to form very viscous casts which obstructed the renal collecting tubules and caused the patient's death from oliguria.

The study was a comparative evaluation of the physical and Bio-chemical components of ascitic fluid in different disease conditions associated with ascites e.g. Malignancy, Tuberculosis, Liver Cirrhosis, C.C.F., Nephrotic Syndrome, Anaemia-Hypoproteinemia & Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. The study also highlights disease wise age and sex incidence.

The most prominent complications of having liver diseases such as cirrhosis include ascites. Derived from the Greek word “askos” which means “sack”, ascites is characterized as the collection of fluid in the peritoneal cavity. Aside from liver diseases, it can also be caused by a wide range of reasons necessitating different means of definitive management. Therefore, the identification of the n...

Pleural effusion occurs infrequently in patients with cirrhosis of the liver, almost always in the presence of clinically obvious ascites. Although the mechanism of fluid transfer into the thorax is controversial, the main factor seems to be the presence of defects in the membranous parts of the diaphragm. This is usually on the right side. Subsequent infection of the pleural fluid is believed ...

110 physical signs or symptoms which could trace the ascites to any derangement of these organs. Owing to dyspnoea it was considered expedient to tap the abdomen and draw away the ascitic fluid, which was accordingly done with a trocar and canula in the liuea alba after first emptying the bladder by passing a female catheter. The usual precautious were taken, and the fluid drained away graduall...

Burkholderiacepacia is a rarely diagnosed infection in Nepal. Most cases of B.cepaciaare reported from South East Asia. It can present with wide spectrum clinical manifestations ranging pneumonia to septicemia. We case 29-year-old man who had acute pancreatitis and was admitted the hospital due sepsis. B.cepaciawas isolated ascitic fluid successfully treated intravenous antibiotics. Bangladesh ...

Original Article BACKGROUND: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a common and potentially fatal complication of cirrhosis of liver with ascites, both in alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver disease, although more common in former case. AIMS : To determine the prevalence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) and its clinical profiles in patients of cirrhosis of liver with ascites. STUDY...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the single- and multiple-dose pharmacokinetics (PK) of moxifloxacin and its penetration into ascitic fluid in patients with severe liver insufficiency (Child-Pugh class C). PATIENTS AND METHODS In a single-centre, prospective, open-label study, nine adult cirrhosis patients were treated with 400 mg moxifloxacin infusion once a day. On days 1...

UNLABELLED Cirrhosis is characterized by an increased susceptibility to infection. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is the most common infectious complication, the main causes being the bowel bacterial overpopulation, the increased intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation. Antibiotic prophylaxis with Norfloxacin increases the rate of PBS with G+ multiresistant bacteria. PURP...