A Rimola, G García-Tsao, M Navasa, LJV Piddock, R … - Journal of hepatology, 2000 - Elsevier Most patients with SBP have symptoms and/or signs clearly suggestive of peritoneal
infection, especially abdominal pain, fever and alterationsin gastrointestinal motility. In other
patients the development of SBP may be clinically manifested by impairment of liver ... Cited by 459 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
BA Runyon - Hepatology, 1998 - interscience.wiley.com Ascites is the most common of the major complications of cirrhosis. The development of ascites
is an important landmark in the natural history of cirrhosis and has been proposed as an indication
for liver transplantation. The initial evaluation of a patient with ascites should include a ... Cited by 403 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►upenn.edu [PDF] P Ginès, A Cárdenas, V Arroyo, J Rodés - New England Journal of …, 2004 - content.nejm.org The chief factor contributing to ascites is splanchnic vasodilatation. 4 Increased hepatic resistance
to portal flow due to cirrhosis causes the gradual development of portal hypertension,
collateral-vein formation, and shunting of blood to the systemic circulation. As portal ... Cited by 280 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 27 versions
G Garcia-Tsao - Gastroenterology, 2001 - sadieo.ucsf.edu Portal hypertension is the main complication of cir- rhosis because it is directly responsible for
two of its most common and potentially lethal complications: variceal hemorrhage and
ascites. Cirrhosis leads to both an increase in hepatic sinusoidal pressure and an ... Cited by 275 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 19 versions
J Fernández, M Navasa, J Gómez, J Colmenero, J … - Hepatology, 2002 - interscience.wiley.com The extensive use of invasive procedures and of long-term norfloxacin prophylaxis in the management
of cirrhotic patients may have influenced the epidemiology of bacterial infections in cirrhosis.
We conducted a prospective evaluation of all bacterial infections diagnosed in patients ... Cited by 241 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
G Garcia-Tsao - Gastroenterol Clin North Am, 1992 - gastro.org.mx SBP is the most common type of infection in hospitali zed cirrhotic patients, occurring in about
9% of the pa tients and accounting for about 25% of all infections. 1 More than half of the episodes
of SBP are detected at the time of admission to the hospital while the rest deve lop during ... Cited by 152 - Related articles - All 4 versions
CS Chang, GH Chen, HC Lien, HZ Yeh - Hepatology, 1998 - interscience.wiley.com Patients with bacterial overgrowth of the small intestine developed spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
(SBP) more frequently than patients without bacterial overgrowth of the small intestine. The objective
of this study was to determine whether the incidences of small intestine dysmotility and ... Cited by 126 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
M Novella, R Sola, G Soriano, M Andreu, J Gana, J … - Hepatology, 1997 - interscience.wiley.com Cirrhotic patients with ascites and low ascitic fluid total protein and/or high serum bilirubin levels
are at high risk to develop the first episode of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis during long-term
follow-up. The aim of the present study was to determine the efficacy of continuous ... Cited by 125 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
TASBA Runyonb - Dig Dis, 2005 - content.karger.com Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a potential- ly fatal yet reversible cause of deterioration
in patients with advanced cirrhosis. It is defined as a bacterial infec- tion of the ascitic fluid in
the absence of a focal contigu- ous source; this infection almost universally occurs in the ... Cited by 118 - Related articles - All 5 versions
C Guarner, BA Runyon, S Young, M Heck, MY Sheikh - Journal of hepatology, 1997 - Elsevier Background/Aims: Translocation of indigenous bacterial from the gut lumen of cirrhotic animals
to mesenteric lymph nodes appears to be an important step in the pathogenesis of spontaneous
bacterial peritonitis. However, the sequence of events leading to translocation remains ... Cited by 111 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
