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Revision as of 16:03, 1 August 2012

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

A randomized controlled trial found that intravenous albumin on the day of admission and on hospital day 3 can reduce renal impairment.^[1]

↑ Sort P, Navasa M, Arroyo V; et al. (1999). "Effect of intravenous albumin on renal impairment and mortality in patients with cirrhosis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis". N. Engl. J. Med. 341 (6): 403–9. PMID 10432325.

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 ==Medical Therapy==
 ===Antibiotics===
-After confirmation of SBP, patients need hospital admission for intravenous antibiotics (most often [[cefotaxime]] given as 1gm/12hours for 5 days or [[ceftriaxone]]). They will often also receive intravenous albumin. A repeat paracentesis in 48 hours is sometimes performed to ensure control of infection. Once patients have recovered from SBP, they require regular prophylactic antibiotics (e.g. Septra DS, Cipro, norfloxicin) as long as they still have [[ascites]].
 ===Intravenous albumin===