Evaluation of Different Etiologies of Obscure Ascites

Assiut University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Ascites

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03205748

OA

Details and patient eligibility

About

Ascites refers to fluid that accumulates within the peritoneal cavity. Although ascites is most commonly observed in patients with cirrhosis and resulting portal hypertension (approximately 85% of cases), 7% to 10% of patients with ascites develop secondary to a malignancy

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with ascites
• serum ascites albumin gradient >1.1.

Exclusion criteria

• ascitic fluid serum ascites albumin gradient <1.1.
• Haemorrgaic ascites;
• chylous ascites