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The predictive value of some recent parameters for diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Joint Authors
Abd Allah, Abd Allah Mahmud
Ibrahim, Aydah Muhammad
Abu al-Azaym, Najla Jamal
Salih, Midhat Ali
Muhyi al-Din, Sayyid Muhammad
Source
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Issue
Vol. 47, Issue 1 (30 Apr. 2017), pp.123-130, 8 p.
Publisher
The Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Publication Date
2017-04-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) is a frequent and severe complication in patient with cirrhosis and ascites due to CLD with high mortality rate (20%-40%).
SBP causes an inflammatory reaction resulting in an increased number of PMNs in ascitic fluid.
It was reported that diagnosis of SBP is established when the ascitic fluid PMN count is greater than 250 cells/mm3 Lysis of the PMNs during transport to the laboratory, may occur which may lead to false negative results.
This study evaluated the usefulness of some recent parameters for diagnosis of SBP that can be used for future development of a rapid bedside test.
Identifying a sensitive marker that can be used for rapid diagnosis of SBP in cirrhotic patients will have important clinical and economic consequences for this group of patients and also for clinicians involved in their cares.
This study was conducted on 100 patients with ascites admitted to Tropical Medicine department, Al-Azhar University Hospitals in the period from January 2015 to August 2015.
The results showed that there was a highly significant positive correlation between ascetic fluid LAF level and neutrophils in ascitic fluid in cases of SBP, Also there was positive correlation between ascetic fluid LAF and ascetic fluid LDH (p value<0.001).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ibrahim, Aydah Muhammad& Abu al-Azaym, Najla Jamal& Salih, Midhat Ali& Muhyi al-Din, Sayyid Muhammad& Abd Allah, Abd Allah Mahmud. 2017. The predictive value of some recent parameters for diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology،Vol. 47, no. 1, pp.123-130.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-836051
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ibrahim, Aydah Muhammad…[et al.]. The predictive value of some recent parameters for diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology Vol. 47, no. 1 (Apr. 2017), pp.123-130.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-836051
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ibrahim, Aydah Muhammad& Abu al-Azaym, Najla Jamal& Salih, Midhat Ali& Muhyi al-Din, Sayyid Muhammad& Abd Allah, Abd Allah Mahmud. The predictive value of some recent parameters for diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 2017. Vol. 47, no. 1, pp.123-130.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-836051
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 129-130
Record ID
BIM-836051