Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Pediatric Ascites

Natural history and prognostic indicators of survival in cirrhosis: A systematic review of 118 studies

2005 • 2,842 citations

Definition and diagnostic criteria of refractory ascites and hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis

1996 • 1,662 citations

The Serum-Ascites Albumin Gradient Is Superior to the Exudate-Transudate Concept in the Differential Diagnosis of Ascites

1992 • 640 citations

Randomized comparative study of therapeutic paracentesis with and without intravenous albumin in cirrhosis

1988 • 626 citations

Randomized trial comparing albumin, dextran 70, and polygeline in cirrhotic patients with ascites treated by paracentesis

1996 • 595 citations

Pathogenesis of Sodium and Water Retention in High-Output and Low-Output Cardiac Failure, Nephrotic Syndrome, Cirrhosis, and Pregnancy

1988 • 486 citations

Current management of the complications of cirrhosis and portal hypertension: Variceal hemorrhage, ascites, and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

2001 • 472 citations

Comparison of paracentesis and diuretics in the treatment of cirrhotics with tense ascites

1987 • 458 citations

The Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Stent–Shunt Procedure for Refractory Ascites

1995 • 422 citations

The North American Study for the Treatment of Refractory Ascites

2003 • 420 citations

Care of Patients with Ascites

1994 • 385 citations

Gastrointestinal Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management

1989 • 376 citations

Peritoneo-Venous Shunting for Ascites

1974 • 337 citations

Optimization of ascitic fluid culture technique

1988 • 322 citations

Randomized comparative study of efficacy of furosemide versus spironolactone in nonazotemic cirrhosis with ascites

1983 • 317 citations

Role of Vasopressin in Abnormal Water Excretion in Cirrhotic Patients

1982 • 308 citations

Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Stent Shunt: Effects on Hemodynamics and Sodium Homeostasis in Cirrhosis and Refractory Ascites

1995 • 237 citations

Paracentesis of ascitic fluid. A safe procedure

1986 • 232 citations

β‐Blockers protect against spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic patients: a meta‐analysis

2009 • 228 citations

Albumin improves the response to diuretics in patients with cirrhosis and ascites: results of a randomized, controlled trial

1999 • 227 citations

Paracentesis of Ascitic Fluid

1986 • 198 citations

Compartmentalization of Ascites and Edema in Patients with Hepatic Cirrhosis

1970 • 183 citations

Repeated paracentesis and i.v. albumin infusion to treat ‘tense’ ascites in cirrhotic patients

1987 • 182 citations

Serum-ascites albumin concentration gradient: A physiologic approach to the differential diagnosis of ascites

1983 • 179 citations

Transjugular Intrahepatic Portal-systemic Shunts: The State of the Art

1993 • 168 citations

Ciprofloxacin and long-term prevention of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: results of a prospective controlled trial*1

1995 • 160 citations

Liver and Biliary Disease

1980 • 160 citations

Beneficial effects of intravenous albumin infusion on the hemodynamic and humoral changes after total paracentesis

1995 • 142 citations

CT of abdominal tuberculosis

1982 • 140 citations

Superiority of the serum-ascites albumin difference over the ascites total protein concentration in separation of “transudative” and “exudative” ascites

1984 • 120 citations

Outcome of pregnancies with vertical transmission of primary cytomegalovirus infection

2002 • 118 citations

Effects of therapeutic paracentesis on systemic and hepatic hemodynamics and on renal and hormonal function

1987 • 115 citations

The natural history of meconium peritonitis diagnosed in utero

1995 • 111 citations

Acetylsalicylic Acid Suppresses the Renal Hemodynamic Effect and Reduces the Diuretic Action of Furosemide in Cirrhosis With Ascites

1983 • 109 citations

Transsinusoidal fluid dynamics in canine liver during venous hypertension.

1979 • 106 citations

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment.

2006 • 106 citations

Congenital ascites as a presenting sign of lysosomal storage disease

1984 • 104 citations

Abdominal manifestations in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus

2006 • 104 citations

Diagnostic ultrasound

1992 • 102 citations

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) in children

1997 • 100 citations

Pathophysiology of portal hypertension.

2008 • 95 citations

Diagnostic aspects of neonatal ascites: report of 27 cases

1977 • 94 citations

A pathophysiological interpretation of unresponsiveness to spironolactone in a stepped-care approach to the diuretic treatment of ascites in nonazotemic cirrhotic patients

1991 • 87 citations

The mechanism of ascites

1954 • 84 citations

Ascites, pleural, and pericardial effusions in acute pancreatitis

1996 • 76 citations

Does This Patient Have Ascites?

1992 • 75 citations

Pediatric gastrointestinal disease: Pathophysiology diagnosis management

1993 • 69 citations

Spironolactone pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in patients with cirrhotic ascites

1992 • 69 citations

Fetal meconium peritonitis after maternal hepatitis A

1999 • 68 citations

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ASCITES FORMATION

1992 • 65 citations

The Perlman familial nephroblastomatosis syndrome

1986 • 65 citations

Idiopathic perforation of the extrahepatic bile duct in infancy: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management

1993 • 62 citations

The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have ascites? How to divine fluid in the abdomen

1992 • 59 citations

The causes and natural history of fetal ascites

1994 • 59 citations

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: recent data on incidence and treatment.

2004 • 59 citations

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

1984 • 56 citations

Ascites following ventriculoperitoneal shunting in children with chiasmatic-hypothalamic glioma

2001 • 56 citations

Fetal ascites: an unusual presentation of Niemann-Pick disease type C.

1989 • 54 citations

Hemodynamic alterations in liver cirrhosis

2007 • 53 citations

Childhood Optic Pathway Tumors Associated with Ascites following Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement

1994 • 53 citations

Chylous ascites: CT and ultrasound appearance

1995 • 51 citations

The place of ultrasonographic examination in the initial evaluation of children sustaning blunt abdominal trauma

1993 • 51 citations

Use of ultrasound in the detection of occult bowel perforation in neonates

1993 • 51 citations

Prenatal diagnosis of congenital agenesis of the fetal portal venous system

2009 • 49 citations

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in children with chronic liver disease: Clinical features and etiologic factors

1985 • 48 citations

α1-Antitrypsin deficiency presenting with ascites and cirrhosis in the neonatal period

1983 • 46 citations

Early-infantile galactosialidosis: Prenatal presentation and postnatal follow-up

1999 • 44 citations

Protein-losing enteropathy in systemic lupus erythematosus

1982 • 43 citations

Ciprofloxacin and long-term prevention of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: Results of a prospective controlled trial

1995 • 42 citations

Idiopathic perforation of the biliary tract in infancy

1983 • 40 citations

Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Associated with Fetal Ascites and Intrahepatic Calcifications

1989 • 39 citations

Congenital Imperforate Hymen and Its Life-threatening Consequences in the Neonatal Period

2006 • 39 citations

Midgut volvulus with hemorrhagic ascites: a rare cause of fetal anemia

2008 • 38 citations

Acute pancreatitis in children: CT findings of intra- and extrapancreatic fluid collections.

1995 • 38 citations

Mechanism of sodium retention and ascites formation in cirrhosis

1993 • 37 citations

Treatment of ascites in cirrhosis. Diuretics, peritoneovenous shunt, and large-volume paracentesis.

1992 • 37 citations

Thoracic and abdominal extravasation: a complication of hyperalimentation in infants

1977 • 36 citations

TREATMENT OF ASCITES IN CIRRHOSIS

1992 • 35 citations

Neonatal urinary ascites.

1985 • 34 citations

Vascular hyporesponsiveness to angiotensin II in rats with CCl₄‐induced liver cirrhosis

2009 • 34 citations

Neonatal Ascites: Perirenal Urinary Extravasation with Bladder Outlet Obstruction

1969 • 33 citations

Illness with fatalities in premature infants: association with an intravenous vitamin E preparation, E-Ferol.

1986 • 31 citations

The outcome of isolated fetal ascites

2007 • 31 citations

Prospective study comparing human albumin vs. reinfusion of ultrafiltrate-ascitic fluid after total paracentesis in cirrhotic patients with tense ascites

2001 • 30 citations

Pathophysiology of ascites and dilutional hyponatremia: Contemporary use of aquaretic agents

2007 • 30 citations

Ascites in childhood liver disease

2006 • 29 citations

Cystic mesothelioma of the peritoneum: A rare cause of ‘ascites’ in children

1994 • 29 citations

Outcome for Fetus With Ascites and Cytomegalovirus Infection

1988 • 28 citations

COMPUTED BODY TOMOGRAPHY

1976 • 28 citations

Neonatal urinary ascites in the absence of urinary tract obstruction

1978 • 27 citations

Prenatal urinary ascites and persistent cloaca: risk factors for poor drainage of urine or meconium.

1998 • 26 citations

Recent Progress in the Physiology and Biochemistry of the Liver

1953 • 26 citations

Hydrothorax, ascites, and right diaphragmatic hernia.

1986 • 26 citations

Massive ascitic fluid loss and coagulation disturbances after liver transplantation

1995 • 26 citations

Sonographic evidence of intraperitoneal fluid an experimental study and its clinical implications

1984 • 25 citations

Congenital cytomegalovirus infection presenting as massive ascites with secondary pulmonary hypoplasia

1985 • 25 citations

Diseases Causing Fetal and Neonatal Ascites

1985 • 25 citations

Ruptured cystic mesenchymal hamartoma: An unusual cause of neonatal ascites

1994 • 24 citations

Intrauterine supraventricular tachycardia: cardioversion with maternal digoxin.

1982 • 24 citations

Organisms causing spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in children with liver disease and ascites in Southern Iran

2006 • 24 citations

Sterile ascites from a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report and review of the literature

2006 • 23 citations

The efficacy of terlipressin in comparison with albumin in the prevention of circulatory changes after the paracentesis of tense ascites--a randomized multicentric study.

2008 • 23 citations

Isolated fetal ascites caused by Wolman disease

2003 • 23 citations

Fetal heart failure

2010 • 22 citations

PRENATAL URINARY ASCITES AND PERSISTENT CLOACA: RISK FACTORS FOR POOR DRAINAGE OF URINE OR MECONIUM

1998 • 22 citations

Bile Ascites During Infancy: Diagnosis Using Disofenin Tc 99m Sequential Scintiphotography

1983 • 22 citations

Intrauterine Intussusception Presenting as Fetal Ascites at Prenatal Ultrasonography

2004 • 22 citations

Intraperitoneal extravasation of total parental nutrition infusate from an umbilical venous catheter.

2008 • 22 citations

Peritoneovenous Shunts

1984 • 21 citations

Chronic Albumin Infusions to Achieve Diuresis in Patients with Ascites Who Are Not Candidates for Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)

2005 • 21 citations

Isolated fetal ascites caused by bowel perforation due to colonic atresia

2005 • 20 citations

Congenital Budd-Chiari Syndrome

1983 • 18 citations

Chylous Ascites: A Case of Child Abuse and an Overview of a Rare Condition

2001 • 17 citations

Large-Volume Paracentesis in the Treatment of Cirrhotic Patients with Refractory Ascites

1996 • 17 citations

Bladder Injury and Uroascites From Umbilical Artery Catheterization

1986 • 17 citations

Ascites Complicating Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts

1988 • 17 citations

Pleural Effusion and Ascites

1982 • 17 citations

Primary Epstein-Barr Virus Hepatitis Complicated by Ascites with Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation During Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection

2003 • 17 citations

Posttraumatic Budd-Chiari syndrome with late reversibility of hepatic venous obstruction

1979 • 16 citations

Pseudoascites: Unusual presentation of omental cyst

1990 • 16 citations

Accuracy of clinical manoeuvres in detection of minimal ascites.

1998 • 15 citations

Dialytic ultrafiltration by hemofilter in treatment of patients with refractory ascites and renal insufficiency.

1987 • 15 citations

Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma in a Child

1986 • 15 citations

Hepatic Fibrosis in Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: With Fetal Ascites and Pulmonary Hypoplasia

1990 • 15 citations

CONGENITAL ASCITES DUE TO MESENTERIC VESSEL CONSTRICTION CAUSED BY MALROTATION OF THE INTESTINES

1979 • 14 citations

Congenital hepatic fibrosis: a disease with diverse manifestations.

1981 • 14 citations

Concentrated ascitic fluid reinfusion after cascade filtration in tense ascites

1993 • 14 citations

Systemic spread of meconium peritonitis

1998 • 14 citations

Ascites produced by peritoneal seeding of neuroblastoma

1993 • 14 citations

Ruptured Ovarian Cyst as a Cause of Ascites in a Newborn Infant

2008 • 13 citations

Mesenteric Fibromatosis Presenting with Ascites in Childhood

1990 • 13 citations

Giant primary omental cyst mimicking a pseudoascites

2009 • 12 citations

Vitamin A intoxication presenting with ascites and a normal vitamin A level.

1988 • 12 citations

Pancreatic ascites presenting in infancy, with review of the literature

1991 • 12 citations

Peritoneovenous shunting restores atrial natriuretic factor responsiveness in refractory hepatic ascites

1993 • 11 citations

Neonatal ascites and hyponatraemia following umbilical venous catheterization

2002 • 11 citations

Pseudoascites: Report of three cases

2009 • 11 citations

An Unusual Case of Intrauterine Symptomatic Neonatal Liver Failure

2008 • 11 citations

Ultrasonic Diagnosis of Fetal Ascites and Toxoplasmosis

1986 • 11 citations

Management of ascites in patients with chronic liver disease.

1994 • 10 citations

Isolated fetal-neonatal abdominal ascites: A sign of intrauterine intussusception

1987 • 10 citations

Drainage of tense ascites in children after cardiac surgery

1995 • 9 citations

Recurrent ascites in an infant with perinatally acquired cytomegalovirus infection

1989 • 9 citations

Ultrafiltration for intractable ascites after liver transplantation.

1991 • 8 citations

Prenatal diagnosis of persistent cloaca

2009 • 8 citations

Pancreatic ascites in children

1995 • 8 citations

The Transected Urachus: An Unusual Cause of Neonatal Ascites

1984 • 8 citations

Interesting case presentation: neonatal hemochromatosis as a cause of ascites.

1990 • 8 citations

Pancreatic ascites in an infant: lack of symptoms and normal amylase.

2003 • 8 citations

Omental cyst presenting as tubercular ascites

2010 • 7 citations

Pathogenetic factors and clinical elements in ascites and hepatorenal syndrome during liver cirrhosis.

2000 • 7 citations

Isolated fetal ascites detected by sonography: An unusual presentation of Turner syndrome

1993 • 7 citations

Intraperitoneal fluid collections following liver transplantation in a paediatric population

1995 • 7 citations

Pyloric Duplication Presenting with Hemorrhagic Ascites

1983 • 7 citations

Treatment of refractory ascites by ultrafiltration-reinfusion of ascitic fluid peritoneally

1985 • 7 citations

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in the Premature Neonate

2009 • 7 citations

Congenital hepatic fibrosis--unusual presentations.

1984 • 6 citations

Portal venous pressure and the serum-ascites albumin concentration gradient

1995 • 6 citations

Ascites in the Newborn Associated with Hepatitis

1980 • 5 citations

Severe exudative ascites as an initial presentation of Crohn's disease.

2005 • 5 citations

Catheter-induced ascites — An unusual complication of parenteral feeding

1978 • 5 citations

Over-transfusion ascites

1991 • 5 citations

Neonatal pseudoascites: An unusual presentation of long tubular duplication of small bowel

1979 • 5 citations

"Pseudoascites" as a presenting physical sign of celiac disease.

1983 • 5 citations

Fetal Ascites and Second Trimester Maternal Hepatitis C Virus Infection

2006 • 5 citations

Neonatal ascites due to congenital jejunal obstruction

1988 • 3 citations

Fetal abuse: a cause of fetal ascites.

1997 • 3 citations

[Eosinophilic enteritis as a rare cause of ascites: case report].

2009 • 3 citations

Prenatal Diagnosis of Urinary Ascites in a Fetus with Meningomyelocele

2010 • 3 citations

Case Report: Ascites as a Presenting Sign of Peritonitis in Chronic Granulomatous Disease of Childhood

1987 • 3 citations

Fetal ascites. A report of 6 cases.

1984 • 3 citations

Primary Epstein‐Barr Virus Hepatitis Complicated by Ascites with Epstein‐Barr Virus Reactivation During Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection

2003 • 3 citations

Painless massive ascites and hypoalbuminemia as the major manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus.

2006 • 2 citations

Gastric perforation. An unusual cause of ascites in a newborn baby.

2000 • 2 citations

Mesenteric Fibromatosis Presenting with Ascites in Childhood

1990 • 2 citations

An unusual cause of congenital ascites

1995 • 2 citations

Ascites Complicating Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts

1988 • 2 citations

Hepatitis E: A potential vaccine‐preventable disease needs global concern

2008 • 1 citations

Chylous Ascites: A Case of Child Abuse and an Overview of a Rare Condition

2001 • 1 citations

Paediatric Hepatology

1990 • 1 citations