Etiology of ascites and the diagnostic value of serum-ascites albumin gradient in non-alcohol liver disease
Etiology of ascites and the diagnostic value of serum-ascites albumin gradient in non-alcohol liver disease
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DOI:
10.5144/0256-4947.1997.26
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发表时间:
1997-01-01
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
AlKnawy, BA
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作者:
AlKnawy, BA
This study was designed to determine the different etiologies of ascites and the diagnostic value of serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) in patients with ascites of non-alcoholic liver disease in Southern Saudi Arabia. A total of 132 patients with ascites (96 males and 36 females, mean age 58.8 +/- 15.9 years) were studied for the different causes of ascites. In 55 patients with liver disease and 22 patients with nonliver disease (malignancy and peritoneal tuberculosis), we compared SAAG with the three usual parameters of ascitic fluid biochemical analysis used in the differential diagnoses of ascites. The nonliver disease group showed higher ascitic fluid total protein (aTP) concentration (4.77 +/- 2.05 versus 1.98 +/- 1.56 g/dL), ascitic to serum ratio of total protein (a/sTP) concentration (0.75 +/- 0.43 versus 0.26 +/- 0.19), ascitic fluid lactic dehydrogenase (aLDH) level (565.4 +/- 353.4 versus 254.1 +/- 205.03 U/L) and a lower SAAG (0.6 +/- 0.30 versus 1.71 +/- 0.61). P