Ascitic Fluid
Significance of Ascitic Fluid C-Reactive Protein in Differentiating Malignancy Related Ascites from Benign Ascites
... LFT, Ascitic Fluid Analysis including Total Protein, Albumin, culture & sensitivity, Total and differential counts, Cytology, Ascitic Fluid CRP and serum CRP levels were done in all ...
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Serum and Ascitic Fluid Hepcidin in HCV Positive Liver Cirrhosis with and without HCC
... Hepcidin was shown to be present in urine and serum. However, its expression by various organs such as salivary glands, tonsils, trachea, lung and prostate has also been reported (10) . Hepcidin is in bile and may act ...
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Original Article Ascitic fluid cytology and its implications in the clinical approach
... rich ascitic fluid and peripheral eosinophilia [13],[14] ...The ascitic fluid total cell count was >1000/mm3 with 80% eosinophils and peripheral ...
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ESTIMATION OF SERUM AND ASCITIC FLUID LEPTIN LEVELS IN CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE
... ascetic fluid leptin is an excellent score for prediction of chronic liver disease which may progress to liver cell failure or hepatocellular carcinoma, Ascitic fluid leptin is significally higher ...
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STUDY OF CORRELATION OF UREA, CREATININE, SODIUM, POTASSIUM AND CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION BETWEEN ASCITIC FLUID AND VENOUS BLOOD IN ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE
... of ascitic cirrhosis requires monitoring of blood ...and ascitic fluid levels of the various biochemical parameters ...between ascitic fluid and venous blood in cirrhosis, both before ...
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Radioimmunoassay and opsonic antibody responses to pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine in serum and ascitic fluid of cirrhotic patients
... Radioimmunoassay and Opsonic Antibody Responses to Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharide Vaccine in Serum and Ascitic Fluid of Cirrhotic Patients.. Pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide va[r] ...
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Ascitic fluid to serum bilirubin ratio for differentiation of exudates from transudates
... Abdominal paracentesis should be per- formed as the first diagnostic step in all patients presenting with ascites. It is generally accepted that an effusion due to peritoneal diseases more closely resembles plasma ...
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Mean Platelet Volume an Indicator of Ascitic Fluid Infections in Cirrhotic Patients
... This is to certify that this dissertation titled “ MEAN PLATELET VOLUME AN INDICATOR OF ASCITIC FLUID INFECTIONS IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS. ” has been prepared by Dr.S.V.SANGEETHA under my supervision and ...
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Diseases of the ascitic fluid, cytomorphology and occurrence pattern in sub-sahara region; a three year study
... The age grouping involved is to establish male and female age pattern of ascites and ascertain whether there is any age group at higher risk than the others. From the study (figure I), the result could have been ...
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Clinical and bacteriological features and prognosis of ascitic fluid infection in Chinese patients with cirrhosis
... Higher ascitic fluid polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) count and hepatocellular carcinoma were independent risk factors for BA episode progressing to ...
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Ascitic Fluid Fibronectin: A Marker to Differentiate Between Malignant and Non-malignant Ascites
... Sood et al. [28] showed that high concentrations of ascitic fibronectin were significantly higher in malignancy-associated than in non-malignant ascites. They also showed that there is a link between malignancy ...
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Ascitic Fluid Adenosine Deaminase Activity - A Non Invasive Diagnostic Test for Tuberculous Ascites.
... non-TB ascites (n-88) was analyzed for IFN- gamma and ADA levels. Areas under the receiver operative characteristic (ROC) curves (AUCs) for the two biologic markers were compared. Levels of ascitic fluid - ...
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Prevalence and risk factors for spontaneous ascitic fluid infection in outpatient cirrhotics undergoing therapeutic paracentesis.
... for ascitic fluid cell count and cultures in asymptomatic cirrhotic patients following large-volume paracentesis (LVP) remains ...routine ascitic fluid analysis in the outpatient setting ...
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Clinicopathological correlation of serum ascites albumin gradient with ascitic fluid total protein in patients of ascites with portal hypertension attending a tertiary care hospital in Eastern Bihar, India
... therapeutic paracentesis, albumin infusion and aetiology of liver disease. SAAG classifies cardiac ascites in the high serum ascitic fluid albumin gradient category, similar to cirrhotic ascites. The high ...
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The Distribution of I131 Labeled Human Serum Albumin Introduced into Ascitic Fluid: Analysis of the Kinetics of a Three Compartment Catenary Transfer System in Man and Speculations on Possible sites of Degradation
... From a comparison of the time course of renal excretion of radioactivity with the curves of I'll labeled albumin in ascitic fluid, plasma and extravascular fluid following intraperitonea[r] ...
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A ligand free, soluble urokinase receptor is present in the ascitic fluid from patients with ovarian cancer
... the ascitic fluids from patients with ovarian ...the ascitic fluids by ligand-affinity chromatography (pro-uPA Sepharose), the uPAR was initially identified by cross-linking to a radiolabeled amino-terminal ...
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Original Article Spontaneous ascitic fluid infection of patients with liver cirrhosis: culture-negative neutrocytic ascites vs. spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in Huai’an, China
... Since the phrase ‘culture-negative neutrocytic ascites’ was first proposed as a variant of SBP in 1984 [7], some groups have investigated the clinical features and prognosis of CNNA, and compared this to SBP, in patients ...
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A Comparative Study of Serum Ascitic Fluid Albumin Gradient with Ascitic Fluid Total Protein in Hepatic and Non-Hepatic Causes of Ascites in Government Vellore Medical College Hospital, Vellore
... 4 PATIENTS AND METHODOLOGY 4.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDY The study of A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SERUM ASCITIC FLUID ALBUMIN GRADIENT WITH ASCITIC FLUID TOTAL PROTEIN IN HEPATIC AND NON-H[r] ...
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Usefulness of ascitic fluid lactoferrin levels in patients with liver cirrhosis
... and ascitic fluid analysis, including WBC count, PMN count, and albumin ...The ascitic fluid samples (50 mL) were frozen at −70 °C immediately after collection until ...in ascitic ...
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Nocardia veterana Isolated from Ascitic Fluid of a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
... ascites fluid infection could be due to the hematogenous spread of Nocar- dia ...ascites fluid infection caused by Nocardia ...of ascitic fluid infection caused by Nocardia ...
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