Background and aims Bacterial infections of ascitic fluid of cirrhotic patients are related to high morbidity and mortality. The aim of the study was to determine the variants of ascitic fluid bacterial infection in patients with advanced cirrhosis (Child Pugh Class C). Materials and methods We analyzed 35 consecutive cirrhotic patients of Child Pugh Class C with ascites attending the outpati...

BACKGROUND Ascitic fluids of horses and humans have fibrinolytic activity, independent of the underlying mechanism of fluid formation. OBJECTIVE To determine whether coagulation and fibrinogenolytic/fibrinolytic activity (ie, low fibrinogen and increased fibrin-fibrinogen degradation products [FDPs], D-dimer, or both) occur in all types of ascitic fluid in dogs. ANIMALS A total of 70 client...

The i.p. inoculation of C3H mice with 5 times 10-6 cells of a transplantable ovarian carcinoma invariably evokes accumulation of large amounts of ascitic fluid. Histological and pharmacotherapeutic studies indicate that obstruction to peritoneal lymphatic drainage is a key factor in the formation of carcinomatous ascites in this model. In the early stages of ascites formation, an intense inflam...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is defined as an ascitic fluid infection without an evident intra-abdominal surgically treatable source. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is one of the severe complications in patients with cirrhosis and ascites. Without early antibiotic treatment, this complication is associated with high mortality rate, so early diagnosis and treatment...

Although the ascites syndrome of broilers is well documented, all the authors fail to describe exactly in which of the various coelomic cavities ascitic fluid is found. Determination of the precise location of this fluid is essential if the pathogenesis of the syndrome is to be understood and explained. Post-mortem examinations were done on 100 broilers that had ascites or had died of the ascit...

The role of ascitic fluid collagen in the pathogenesis of the coagulopathy that follows peritoneovenous shunting was examined. Collagen was partially purified from ascitic fluid and infused into rabbits. All animals developed changes in their haemostatic profile consistent with intravascular coagulation. Aspirin therapy, for five days before the collagen infusion, prevented these changes. Seven...

After plasma containing labeled plasma protein has been given intraperitoneally to dogs with experimental ascites a steady and rather rapid movement takes place of the labeled protein into the circulating blood. When plasma containing labeled plasma protein has been injected intravenously into the ascitic dog the labeled protein steadily disappears from the circulating blood and appears promptl...