Indication for Use: The alfa pump® System is intended for single patient use only in adult patients with refractory or recurrent ascites due to liver cirrhosis. It is indicated for the removal of ...

Since biological soft tissues are hydrated, viscoelasticity is likely suitable to represent its solid-like behavior using elasticity and fluid-like behavior using viscosity ... which are further ...

Since no attempt to control the fluid intake of these patients was made, the changes in water excretion (Table 1 ... had marked ascites and ++ edema of the lower extremities.

and baseline HF therapy among the studies (online-only Data Supplement Table I). It is widely perceived that HF management should include dietary sodium restriction, a recommendation endorsed by all ...

Additionally, bloating might suggest the presence of ascites, which is fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity often associated with liver cirrhosis, the most severe stage of liver disease.

patients with tense ascites are typically initially treated with repeated LVP, which is cheaper and easier to perform (Table 3).

Table 1. PCMV/PRV primer, probes and gblock used for real-time PCR. Briefly, 4 μl of high concentration internal control (Qiagen) was added to 200 μl of the sample prior to extraction. The biological ...

Background and Aim: Serum cancer antigen (CA) 125 elevation has been reported in patients with liver disease, but it is poorly characterized. The present study aimed to evaluate the range of serum ...

The patient was mildly icteric (Table 1), but continued to have bile ... The abdominal cavity contained several liters of ascitic fluid. There were innumerable carcinomatous implants over the ...

Intraperitoneal inoculation of suspended MT890 “ascitic” tumor cells introduced tumor cells to a very large surface ... the liver documented profound metabolic changes which were not reflected in loss ...