BACKGROUND/AIMS Ascites is a dreadful complication of liver cirrhosis associated with short survival. Large volume paracentesis (LVP) is used to treat tense or refractory ascites. Paracentesis induced circulatory dysfunction (PICD) develops if no plasma expanders are given with ominous complications. To study the effect of ascites flow rate on PICD development. METHODS Sixty patients with cir...

The effect of dihydrostreptomycin in pleurisy with effusion was studied in the following five cases. The diagnosis of effusion was established in every case by paracentesis thoracis. Presence of lymphocytosis, absence of any organism as evidenced by microscopic examination, and the fluid turning out sterile on culture led to the conclusion that the condition was due to a tuberculous focus in th...

In this paper we report a case of neonatal chylous ascites the diagnosis of which was made by lymphoscintigraphy and exclusion of all other organic diseases. Initial treatment with skimmed milk feeding was not effective, hence repeated abdominal paracentesis was required to relieve the distension. Total parenteral nutrition combined with intravenous somatostatin eventually resulted in long-term...

The term "diffuse infiltrating retinoblastoma" was introduced by Ashton (1958) to describe a form of retinoblastoma which did not produce a tumour mass within the retina. Although Manschot (1956) and Weizenblatt (I957) had described such cases previously, they did not recognize the condition as a distinct entity. Schofield (1960) described four cases of this type of retinoblastoma which present...

objective: we report a case of intraperitoneal urinary bladder rupture i week following normal delivery in a primigravida, who presented with huge urinary ascites, anuria and renal failure. abdominal paracentesis and exploratory laparotomy was done and a diagnosis of intraperitoneal bladder rupture was made. the rent was repaired in layers. this may be preventable if adequate precaution in the ...

PURPOSE To compare the efficacy of mapracorat (formerly ZK-245186, and subsequently BOL-303242-X), a novel selective glucocorticoid receptor agonist (SEGRA), with that of dexamethasone (DEX) in rabbit models of ocular disease. The effects of topical BOL-303242-X and DEX on intraocular pressure (IOP) and body weight changes were also evaluated. METHODS Dry eye was induced by atropine sulfate a...

Ocular toxoplasmosis is a major cause of posterior uveitis worldwide. The diagnosis is based mainly on ophthalmological examination. Biological diagnosis is necessary in atypical cases, and this requires aqueous humor sampling by anterior chamber paracentesis. We evaluated real-time PCR targeting the Toxoplasma gondii 529-bp repeat element, the Goldmann-Witmer coefficient (GWC), and immunoblott...

A 67-year-old man underwent a trabeculectomy for pseudo-exfoliative glaucoma. The postoperative course was complicated by overfiltration with hypotony and a flat anterior chamber (AC) with lens touch. While the AC chamber was refilled at the slitlamp with a viscoelastic (Healon), stripping of Descemet’s membrane was observed. The patient was referred to our department. Slitlamp examination show...