Bedside diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis using reagent strips

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 418-421

  Sarwar, Shahid ^a,b   Alam, Altaf ^a   Izhar, Mateen ^a   Khan, Anwaar A ^a   Butt, Arshad Kamal ^a   Shafqat, Farzana ^a   Malik, Kashif ^a   Ahmed, Irfan ^a   Niazi, Aamir Khan ^a  

^a SHAIKH ZAYED HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bacterascites; Bedside diagnosis; Colorimetric grade; Neutrocytic ascites; Polymorphonuclear (PMN) cell count; Reagent strip; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP)

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; REAGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARACENTESIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23644450625     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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