Usefulness of routine analysis of ascitic fluid at the time of therapeutic paracentesis in asymptomatic outpatients: Results of a multicenter prospective study

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-279

  Romney, Rémy ^a   Mathurin, Philippe ^b   Ganne Carrié, Nathalie ^c   Halimi, Chantal ^d   Medini, Abdel ^e   Lemaitre, Patrice ^f   Gruaud, Philippe ^c   Jouannaud, Vincent ^a   Delacour, Thierry ^d   Boudjema, Hamza ^a   Pauwels, Arnaud ^e   Chaput, Jean Claude ^b   Cadranel, Jean François ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LAENNEC   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^d Hopital de Senlis   (France)

^e Hôpital de Gonesse   (France)

^f Centre Hospitalier de Creil   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ALBUMIN; NORFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CELL COUNT; COST CONTROL; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OUTPATIENT; PARACENTESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 20244369432     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-8320(05)80761-4     Document Type: Article

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