The management of ascites in cirrhosis: Report on the consensus conference of the international Ascites club

By K. Moore, F. Wong, P. Ginés, M. Bernardi, A. Ochs, F. Salerno, P. Angeli, Michael K. Porayko, R. Moreau, G. Garcia-Tsao and 3 more. Hepatology, 2003

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Subfields: Epidemiology, Hepatology, Surgery

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In Epidemiology

1. P. Ginés
2. G. Garcia‐Tsao
3. W. Laleman
4. M. Bernardi
5. J. Trebicka
6. P. Angeli
7. Aleksander Krag
8. C. Villanueva

In Hepatology

1. P. Ginés
2. G. Garcia‐Tsao
3. W. Laleman
4. M. Bernardi
5. J. Trebicka
6. P. Angeli
7. Rajeshwar P. Mookerjee
8. Aleksander Krag

In Surgery

1. P. Ginés

Citations in the corpus

• Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Ascites, Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis and Hepatorenal Syndrome: 2021 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2021, methodology): “The initial evaluation of ascites should include history, physical examination, abdominal Doppler ultrasound, laboratory assessment of liver and renal function, serum and urine electrolytes, and a diagnostic paracentesis for analysis of the ascitic fluid (Figure 2; Tables 1; 2a, b) (19, 20).”
• Expanding consensus in portal hypertension: Report of the Baveno VI Consensus Workshop: Stratifying risk and individualizing care for portal hypertension. (2015, background): “In patients with cirrhosis and refractory ascites [16] NSBB (propranolol, nadolol) should be used cautiously with close monitoring of blood pressure, serum sodium and serum creatinine (4;C).”
• Acute-on-chronic liver failure is a distinct syndrome that develops in patients with acute decompensation of cirrhosis. (2013, methodology): “This group comprises 3 subgroups: (1) patients with no organ failure, (2) patients with a d Types of Organ Failures and the Presence of Kidney y at Enrollment”
• EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of patients with decompensated cirrhosis. (2018, background): “Current strategies for prophylaxis and treatment of decompensation and organ failure in cirrhosis rely on measures aimed to prevent or improve the outcome of each complication, that is renal sodium retention leading to ascites formation, ammonia production in hepatic encephalopathy, effective hypovo”