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*High SAAG > 1.1 g/dL – Indicative of portal hypertension<ref>Runyon BA. Management of adult patients with ascites due to cirrhosis: update 2012. Amer Assoc Study Liv Dis. 2012; 1-96.</ref> | *High SAAG > 1.1 g/dL – Indicative of portal hypertension<ref>Runyon BA. Management of adult patients with ascites due to cirrhosis: update 2012. Amer Assoc Study Liv Dis. 2012; 1-96.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 17:12, 4 June 2020
Ascites Evalution
- High SAAG > 1.1 g/dL – Indicative of portal hypertension[1]
- Cirrhosis
- Heart failure
- Ascites total protein > 2.5 g/dL suggests cardiac ascites[2]
- Alcoholic hepatitis
- Budd-Chiari syndrome
- Portal vein thrombosis
- Low SAAG < 1.1 g/dL
- Malignancy / peritoneal carcinomatosis
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Pancreatitis
- Peritoneal tuberculosis
- Serositis
- Bowel infarction
- Chylous