Ascites is an infrequent presentation of poorly controlled congestive cardiac failure. Tense ascites due to heart failure more infrequent. Whenever there tense ascites, intra-abdominal hypertension should always be considered. The most deleterious effect abdominal compartment syndrome. It a condition that frequently overlooked and underdiagnosed. Abdominal syndrome medical as well surgical emer...

BACKGROUND Clinical outcome of heart transplantation in patients with heart failure and ascites has not been reported. Here, the clinical outcome of heart transplantation in patients with heart failure and ascites is evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS Between 1989 and 2005, 45 patients with heart failure and ascites underwent an orthotopic heart transplantation. Of the 45 patients, 33 were men (m...

Chylous ascites occurring after abdominal surgery is rare. Despite being potentially critical, there is no definite treatment guideline because of its rarity. Here we present a case of massive chylous ascites occurring after rectal surgery which was successfully treated with an oral fat-free elemental diet (ED). A 67-year-old man underwent low anterior resection with para-aortic lymphadenectomy...

A major advantage of using monoclonal antibodies over polyclonal antisera is the potential availability of large quantities of the specific monoclonal antibody. In general, preparations containing the monoclonal antibody include a hybridoma supernatant, ascites fluid from a mouse inoculated with the hybridoma, and purified monoclonal antibody. Hybridoma supernatants are easy to produce, especia...

Numerous contributions regarding the pathogenesis of ascites and edema have been made since Starling's first description of the balance between serum and tissue hydrostatic and osmotic forces. The original concept (1) proposed that, at equilibrium, serum protein osmotic pressure minus tissue fluid osmotic pressure equals capillary hydrostatic pressure minus tissue hydrostatic pressure. Direct a...

Background & AimsAscites has been classified according to quantity and response medical therapy. Despite its precise definitions, little is known about the effects of grade 1 ascites or recurrent (i.e. that recurs at least on 3 occasions within a 12-month period despite dietary sodium restriction adequate diuretic dosage) patient outcome. We studied progression in large cohort outpatients with ...

Vibrio vulnificus produces Hemolysin/cytolysin (VvhA), which is one of the most potent exotoxins capable of killing mice at submicrogram levels. However, V. vulnificus growth and vvhA expression are severely repressed and extracellular VvhA produced at low levels is easily inactivated in human body fluids. This study was conducted to obtain additional unequivocal evidence of the enigmatic chara...

Is there still a need for albumin infusions to treat patients with liver disease? The course of patients with cirrhosis is frequently complicated by derangement of body fluid homeostasis which results in accumulation of large amounts of extracellular fluid in the peritoneal cavity and interstitial tissue. 1 Investigations performed in the 1940s proposed that the formation of ascites and oedema ...

Advanced cancer patients with refractory ascites often do not respond to conventional treatments including dietary sodium restriction, diuretics, and repeated large volume paracentesis. In these patients, continuous peritoneal drainage by an indwelling catheter may be an effective option for managing refractory ascites with a relative low complication rate. Peritoneal catheter-induced complicat...