Ascites natural history, complications and prognosis

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Overview

Ascites exists in three grades:^[1]

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (a life-threatening infection of the ascites fluid)
Hepatorenal syndrome (kidney failure)
Weight loss and protein malnutrition
Mental confusion, change in the level of alertness, or coma (hepatic encephalopathy)
Other complications of liver cirrhosis

↑ Moore KP, Wong F, Gines P, Bernardi M, Ochs A, Salerno F, Angeli P, Porayko M, Moreau R, Garcia-Tsao G, Jimenez W, Planas R, Arroyo V. The management of ascites in cirrhosis: report on the consensus conference of the International Ascites Club. Hepatology 2003;38:258-66. PMID 12830009.