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examination of ascitic fluid
what is 'examination of ascitic fluid'?
Definition for Examination of ascitic fluid
Examination of ascitic fluid is also known as: Peritoneal fluid analysis, Peritoneal fluid culture, Peritoneal fluid cytology, Peritoneal fluid gram stain, Peritoneal fluid total protein, albumin, peritoneal fluid cytogenetic analysis
Examination of ascitic fluid is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: peritonitis, ascites and Budd-Chiari Syndrome.
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peritonitis
inflammation of membrane lining abdominal cavity
Examination of ascitic fluid and peritonitis
ascites
increased fluid in peritoneal cavity
Examination of ascitic fluid and ascites
Budd-Chiari Syndrome
obstructed liver veins
Examination of ascitic fluid and Budd-Chiari Syndrome
Burkitt's lymphoma
cancer of lymphatic system associated with E-B virus
Examination of ascitic fluid and Burkitt's lymphoma
intraabdominal perforation
rupture of bowel
Examination of ascitic fluid and intraabdominal perforation
liver cirrhosis
scarred liver
Examination of ascitic fluid and liver cirrhosis
chylous ascites
Examination of ascitic fluid and chylous ascites
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- Examination of ascitic fluid
Nocardia veterana Isolated from Ascitic Fluid of a Patient with Human ...
We describe a case of ascitic fluid infection in an immunocompromised patient ... Direct examination of the fluid did not reveal any bacteria. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=156558
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eMedicine - Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis : Article by Steven M ...
... bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is an acute bacterial infection of ascitic fluid. ... Findings on the abdominal examination can range from mild tenderness to overt ...
http://emedicine.com/emerg/topic882.htm
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Ascites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... examination of the abdomen by visible bulging of the flanks in the reclining ... can make an estimation of the amount of ascitic fluid, and difficult-to-drain ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascitic_fluid
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CDC - Endemic Gastrointestinal Anthrax in 1960s Lebanon: Clinical ...
... seen at this stage, physical examination disclosed flushing of the face and ... Laparotomy showed a large amount of ascitic fluid, an edematous small bowel loop ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol9no5/02-0537.htm
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eMedicine - Chylous Ascites : Article by Unnithan V Raghuraman
Moreover, an existing clear ascitic fluid can turn chylous as ... of the ascitic fluid corresponds ... Bone marrow examination. Intravenous pyelography ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3182.htm
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The Physical Examination
... Physical examination is the process of evaluating objective anatomic findings ... amounts of ascitic fluid and detection of diaphragmatic movement by percussion. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=cm.chapter.245
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Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors
... tumors of the ovary requires laparotomy with careful examination of the entire ... Ascitic fluid should be examined cytologically. ...
http://www.webmd.com/ovarian-cancer/tc/germ-cell-tumors-ovar...
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Predictive Factors of Yeast Isolation in Severe Peritonitis (P).
Of the 71 Y+ patients, 28 had a positive direct examination (DE) to yeast ... Ascitic Fluid. Blood Transfusion. Candida. Female. Forecasting. Hospitalization. Humans ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/102247340.html
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Liver Cirrhosis ? Medical information regarding this liver disease on ...
... in their blood, urine, and ascitic fluid but who have elevated numbers of ... ultrasound examination of the liver and measurements of cancer-produced proteins ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/cirrhosis/page5.htm
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A Clinical Case Study: Sclerosing Mesenteritis Presenting as Chylous ...
... draining 4.5 L of milky white ascitic fluid on gross examination and had a ... The presence of a milky and creamy ascitic fluid with a triglyceride content ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2270880
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Diagnosis and Treatment
... the albumin concentration of the ascitic fluid from the albumin concentration ... be suspected if direct examination of fluid under the microscope shows bacteria ...
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh27-3/247-256.htm
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CDC Anthrax | Fact Sheet: Anthrax Information for Health Care Providers
Maybe rhonchi on exam, otherwise normal. Chest X-ray: mediastinal widening ... Gram-positive bacilli on unspun peripheral blood smear or ascitic fluid ...
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/anthrax-hcp-factsheet.asp
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eMedicine - Ascites : Article by Rahil Shah
The physical examination should focus on the signs of portal hypertension and ... Small amounts of ascitic fluid localize in the right perihepatic space, the ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/fulltopic/topic173.htm
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Inspection, Auscultation, Palpation, and Percussion of the Abdomen
Auscultation for abdominal bruits is the next phase of abdominal examination. ... termed shifting dullness and usually indicates more than 500 ml of ascitic fluid. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=cm.chapter.3033
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A ligand-free, soluble urokinase receptor is present in the ascitic ...
... immunoreactivity of the purified uPAR from the ascitic fluid is ... Schlechte W, Murano G, Boyd D. Examination of the role of the urokinase receptor ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=288394
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Mesothelioma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... swelling and pain due to ascites (a buildup of fluid in the abdominal cavity) ... doctor removes a sample of tissue for examination under a microscope by a ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesothelioma
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Human Case of Streptococcus suis Serotype 16 | CDC EID
Physical examination showed cutaneous spider naevi, jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, ... Results of Gram stain and culture of ascitic fluid were negative. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/1/155.htm
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Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis
Staining and Microscopic Examination. Cultivation of Mycobacteria. Drug ... The ascitic fluid usually has a protein percentage of at least 3 g. Histologic ...
http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/PrevGuid/p0000425/p0000425.asp
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eMedicine - Meigs Syndrome : Article by Klaus-Dieter Lessnau
... prevented accumulation of pleural fluid and caused an increase in ascitic fluid. ... A negative cytologic examination result of ascitic effusion, the absence of ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1422.htm
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Trichosporon inkin Peritonitis Treated with Caspofungin
The results of examination of her head, lungs, and heart were normal. ... as in our case, there may be a predominance of eosinophils in the ascitic fluid. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=308966
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eMedicine - Evaluation of the Pediatric Surgical Patient : Article by ...
The goal of the physical examination is to identify the current ... Intestinal obstruction, an abdominal mass, or ascitic fluid may cause abdominal distention. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2952.htm
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Cytopathology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For example, in pleural fluid, ascitic fluid, or in the case of the Pap smear, ... Gross examination - Histopathology - Immunohistochemistry - Electron microscopy ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_pathology
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Rat-bite Fever, Canada | CDC EID
Physical examination showed superficial scratches from the rat; temperature of ... rat or horse serum, defibrinated blood, or ascitic fluid to sustain growth. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol12no08/06-0044.htm
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Tumour associated antigens in diagnosis of serous effusions.
... combinations of conventional cytological examination, effusion fluid tumour ... Diagnostic value of ascitic fluid lactic dehydrogenase, protein, and WBC levels. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1141543
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NLM Classification Index P
Clinical examination QY 210. In general diagnosis WB 373. Pericementitis see ... See also Ascitic Fluid. See also Laparoscopy. Peritoneal Dialysis WJ 378 ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/class/index_p.html
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Cancer-associated proteins in effusion fluids.
... the results of cytological examination suggest that fluid CEA estimation may ... I. The value of examination of ascitic fluid and blood for lipids and for ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=476464
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Clinical presentation of abdominal tuberculosis in HIV seronegative adults
... tuberculosis, and cytologic examination of ascitic fluid and abdominal CT. ... Infrequent detection of AFB in ascitic fluid, late results of ascites cultures, ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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eMedicine - Peritonitis and Abdominal Sepsis : Article by Ruben Peralta
Results on Gram stain of ascitic fluid are rarely positive, and culture results ... to or in anticipation of the abdominal examination or involuntary because of the ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2737.htm
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CDC - Ultrastructural Characterization of SARS Coronavirus
... by thin-section electron microscopic examination of a virus isolate. ... by reacting hyperimmune mouse ascitic fluid or riboprobes with uninfected Vero ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no2/03-0913.htm
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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
... C, Märdh PA, Tylén U. Examination for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria ... Diagnostic value of ascitic fluid lactic dehydrogenase, protein, and WBC levels. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=3884467
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Toscana Virus and Acute Meningitis, France | CDC EID
... was 38.5°C, and clinical examination showed photophobia and stiff neck. ... by using mouse hyperimmune ascitic fluid against Toscana virus. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol11no05/04-1122.htm
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Cancer Medicine
... results from increased leakage of proteinaceous fluid from capillaries under the ... mass by pelvic examination can permit the early diagnosis of ovarian cancer. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=cmed6.section.29935
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eMedicine - Budd-Chiari Syndrome : Article by Praveen K Roy, MD
... it in 1845, and Chiari added the first pathologic description of a liver with " ... Examination of ascitic fluid provides useful clues to the diagnosis. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2694.htm
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Factors that determine refractoriness of ascites to conventional therapy.
... in the two groups, as were the findings at histologic examination of the liver. ... portal pressure determine the ascitic fluid protein concentration in patients ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1491553
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Novel Nosocomial Infections by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: First ...
An abdominal ultrasonographic examination confirmed the presence of ascites and ... Her pleural and ascitic fluid samples were sterile at first, which shows that ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=179869
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CDC - West Nile Virus Infection in the Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus ...
... WN virus-specific mouse immune ascitic fluid and a commercially prepared (Sigma, ... Histopathologic examination of liver, kidney, lung, myocardium, pancreas, and ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol7no4/xiao.htm
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Orosomucoid Content of Pleural and Peritoneal Effusions
... proteins and peptides in the urine of patients with advanced neoplastic disease. ... I. The value of examination of ascitic fluid and blood for lipids and for ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=301534
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Paracentesis - Yahoo! Health
Necrotizing Enterocolitis - Exams and Tests " More other Articles. Paracentesis may be done to: ... Diagnose infection in the ascitic fluid (diagnostic) ...
http://health.yahoo.com/other-other/paracentesis/healthwise--stp1269.html
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Note: Recovery and Identification of West Nile Virus from a Hawk in Winter
... stored for later virological examination or fixed in 10 ... Those treated with the control ascitic fluid and uninfected Vero cell controls were negative. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=87202
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Diseases and Conditions Encyclopedia : Discovery Health
Albumin in the ascitic fluid pulls yet more fluid across into this cavity. ... The diagnosis of ascites begins with a medical history and physical exam. ...
http://health.discovery.com/encyclopedias/illnesses.html?article=185
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eMedicine - Cirrhosis : Article by David C Wolf
... ultrasound with Doppler examination of the hepatic ... Pleural effusions may result from the passage of ascitic fluid across channels in the diaphragm. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3183.htm
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Disseminated primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis: a case report ...
Examination of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) characteristically shows raised ... of GFAP-staining cells in ascitic fluid and core biopsy material of the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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eMedicine - Liver, Trauma : Article by Ali Nawaz Khan
... enhanced CT scanning remains the examination of choice in patients with blunt ... abdominal fluid, but differentiation between loculated ascitic fluid and ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic397.htm
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CDC - Nipah Virus Infection in Bats (Order Chiroptera) in Peninsular ...
Blood for serologic examination was also collected from two captive colonies of ... virus antigens by indirect fluorescence with Nipah hyperimmmune ascitic fluid. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no3/yob.htm
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Disseminated Infection with a Mycobacterium Related to Mycobacterium ...
... slowly growing mycobacterium was isolated from sputum, ascitic fluid, and blood. ... Cerebrospinal fluid examination showed mild inflammation, with 6 ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=156493
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MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PRODUCTION 1999
services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of ... supporting the growth of a hybridoma in vitro or in ascitic fluid from a mouse ...
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/antibodies.pdf
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Delayed presentation of an isolated gallbladder rupture following blunt ...
... abdominal CT showed a moderate amount of ascitic fluid in the perihepatic space. ... hypotensive at 96/61 mmHg, with a pulse rate of 96. Abdominal examination ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1936994
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Note: Peritonitis Due to Thermoascus taitungiacus (Anamorph ...
Physical examination on admission revealed diffuse ... decrease in the accumulation of ascitic fluid and complete disappearance of the abdominal pain. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=87803
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eMedicine - Malignant Lesions of the Ovaries : Article by C William Helm
... of the ovaries or, when disease is advanced, by sampling tissue or ascitic fluid. ... very careful pathologic examination, with sufficient numbers of ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3306.htm
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eMedicine - Granulosa-Theca Cell Tumors : Article by Chad M Michener
... consistent finding on pelvic and rectal examination in patients of all ages with ... (s) or malignant cells are present in ascitic fluid or peritoneal washings. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic928.htm
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