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| Ribeiro,Tarsila C.R.; Kondo,Mario; Amaral,Ana Cristina C.; Parise,Edson Roberto; Bragagnolo Júnior,Maurício A.; Souza,Aécio Flávio Meirelles de. |
| In order to evaluate the accuracy of a urine reagent dipstick (Multistix 10SG®) to determine ascitic fluid leukocyte count, we prospectively studied 106 cirrhotic patients from April 2003 to December 2004, in two different centers (Federal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP-EPM and Federal University of Juiz de Fora - HU-UFJF) for the rapid bedside diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. The mean age 54 ± 12 years, there was a predominance of males (eighty-two patients, 77%), and alcohol was the most frequent etiology (43%). Forty-four percent of patients were classified as Child B and fifty-one as Child C (51%). Abdominal paracentesis was performed both in outpatient and inpatient settings and the Multistix 10SG® was tested. Eleven cases of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ascitic fluid; Rapid diagnosis; Dipstick; Bacterial peritonitis. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000100017 |
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