background: there are two kinds of ascites, cirrhotic and malignant. the conventional diagnostic method to differentiate them is paracentesis. this is an invasive and time consuming method. however, ultrasonography is an easy and available method to provide valuable results in a short period of time. the aim of this study was to evaluate gallbladder wall thickness in differentiating cirrhotic a...

The 12th leading cause of death in the United States is cirrhosis. Recent studies have shown that liver fibrosis an ever-evolving process and early cirrhosis may be reversible. One three people with unaware their condition. most well-known reasons for are viral hepatitis C, alcoholic sickness, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. aim study to compare different therapeutic approaches patients due C asc...

Michael S. Saag, MD; Rajesh T. Gandhi, Jennifer F. Hoy, MBBS; Raphael J. Landovitz, Melanie A. Thompson, Paul E. Sax, Davey M. Smith, Constance Benson, Susan P. Buchbinder, Carlos del Rio, Joseph Eron Jr, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Huldrych Günthard, Jean-Michel Molina, Donna Jacobsen, BS; Volberding, MD

protein calorie malnutrition (pcm) is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality in patients with cirrhosis and occurs in 50%-90% of these patients. although the pathogenesis of pcm is multifactorial, alterations in protein metabolism play an important role. this article is based on a selective literature review of protein and sodium recommendations. daily protein and sodium r...

this study was conducted to compare susceptibility of six different strains of male broilers to ascites syndrome. in this experiment, 612 one-day-old male broiler chicks from five international hybrids (e.g, arbor acres, cobb 500, hubbard, lohmann, and ross 508) and an iranian hybrid (arian) were used. growth performance, ascites mortality ratio, the ratio of right ventricle to total ventricles...

Aiming at the prior medical knowledge that hepatic ascites only occurs in severe period of liver cirrhosis, and rupture capsule curve, when visually, can easily lead to wrong location capsule, a transposed grayscale statistical threshold method is proposed solve problem. Realize identification ascites. By analyzing visual characteristics image, gray value upper half ultrasound image counted col...

Congenital chylous ascites is a rare entity, conditioned by numerous factors and with changing dynamics of the disease. Because of the lack of therapeutic and diagnostic standards, this disease constitutes to be a medical challenge. This article presents current knowledge on pathogenesis, diagnostics and management of this disease, as well as a case of a newborn with primary congenital chylous ...