Background and Aim: Ascites occurs at the rate of 7-10% annually in cirrhotic patients. Within 10 years diagnosis cirrhosis, 70% patients will develop ascites. First-line therapy for with ascites is sodium restriction diuretics. Eventually, up to 11.4% refractory (RA), defined as that cannot be mobilized or early recurrence which (i.e., after paracentesis) satisfactorily. prevented by diuretic ...

BACKGROUND Cirrhotic patients with ascites are prone to develop various infectious diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the occurrence and effect of major infectious diseases on the mortality of cirrhotic patients with ascites. METHODS We reviewed de-identified patient data from the National Health Insurance Database, derived from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program, to enroll 4,57...

Radionuclide renal studies are minimally invasive, easy to perform and give information about both renal structure and function. These studies may be safely used to detect urinary ex travasations from the upper urinary tract. A case of renoperitoneal fistula imaged by nuclear medicine technique is described. (JPMA36: 118, 1986). The diagnosis of urinary extravasation using nuclear medicine proc...

Objective. To present a case of isolated ascites secondary due to urogenital abnormalities (urogenital sinus) without any other prenatal ultrasound marker. Method. A 36-year-old woman with prenatal isolated ascites delivered a female baby, weighing 2.285 g; ascites was drained at birth and the baby underwent several episodes of urinary retention prior to undergoing X-ray investigations. Results...

Bilateral hydronephrosis secondary to urinary obstruction leads to a buildup of back pressure in the urinary tract and may lead to impairment of renal function. We present a case of a 57-year-old male with a history of alcoholic liver cirrhosis, who presented with tense ascites and acute renal failure. Bilateral hydronephrosis was seen on abdominal ultrasound. Multiple large-volume paracenteses...

Ascites, oliguria and increasing serum creatinine levels are often noted in patients with acute kidney injury. However, these presentations are also observed in patients with intraperitoneal urinary leakage. Bladder perforation without obvious trauma is sometimes mistaken for acute kidney injury. We report two cases of bladder perforation resembling acute kidney injury. The first case was a 37-...