Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2010
Abstract
The presence of ascites in patients with liver cirhosis is unfavorable prognostic sign. It is one of the complications of portal hypertension, often is combined with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
Basic therapeutic measures include the administration of diuretics, paracentesis and portosystemic shunting. The authors in the postgradual publication present essential pathophysiologic, diagnostic and therapeutic information about ascites.