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ArticleBulletin of emergency and trauma2018

Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Afebrile Cirrhotic Patients; Report from a Referral Transplantation Center.

Sara Sadat Mazloom, Mohamad Karim Khoramian, Leila Mohsenian

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Article in Bulletin of emergency and trauma, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 47% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sara Sadat MazloomDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Mohamad Karim KhoramianDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Leila MohsenianDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a complication of liver cirrhosis with adverse effect on patient prognosis. Early diagnosis and treatment is highly important, especially in patients without remarkable manifestations. We designed this study to determine the prevalence of SBP among afebrile cirrhotic patients and identify high-risk subgroups in a referral center in southern Iran. This cross-sectional study evaluated all afebrile cirrhotic patients, admitted to the gastroenterology ward of Namazi hospital (affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran) over a 6-month period in 2017, for the presence and correlates of SBP. Demographic data, clinical findings, and comorbidities were recorded. Ascitic fluid white blood cells (WBC) count >500 and neutrophil count >250 indicated bacterial peritonitis. In total, 97 afebrile cirrhotic patients comprising of 63 (64.9%) men and 34 (35.1%) women were included. All patients had ascites and 89 (91.8%) had abdominal tenderness. Accordingly, abdominal distension was the top presentation. Confirmed etiologies or comorbidities such as HBS, HCV, and liver cancer or metastasis existed in 46 patients. Thirteen (13.4%) had SBP. The correlations of gender (

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AscitesBacterial InfectionsLiver CirrhosisSpontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

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PMID30402527
PMCPMC6215066
OpenAlexW2895310727

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