Sandbox:Ascites DD

Preferred Table

Diseases		History and Symptoms						Physical Examination						Laboratory Findings		Other Findings
		Fever	Icterus	Liver enlargement	Abdominal pain	Peripheral edema	Chest pain	Jugular vein distension	Skin rash	Edema	Spider angiomata	Serum to ascites albumin gradient		Bacterial cultures	PMN count
Liver causes	Cirrhosis					+
	Budd chiari syndrome	↑		-
	Acute liver failure					+
	Alcoholic hepatitis					+
GI causes	Whipple disease
	Peritonitis
	Pancreatitis
Cardiac causes	CHF		↓
	Pericarditis
Renal cause	Nephrotic syndrome
Other causes	Sarcoidosis
	SLE
	TB
	Hypothyroidism
	Cancer