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ArticleClinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association2022

Changes in Ascitic Fluid Polymorphonuclear Cell Count After Antibiotics Are Associated With Mortality in Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis.

Saad Saffo, Uyen K To, Phillip P Santoiemma, Marcela Laurito, Lamia Haque, Anahita Rabiee, Elizabeth C Verna, Michael P Angarone, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao

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Article in Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. How Do Polymorphonuclear Counts in Ascitic Fluid Correlate to Hospital Outcome.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Saad SaffoSection of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Uyen K ToSection of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Phillip P SantoiemmaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Marcela LauritoCenter for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Lamia HaqueSection of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Anahita RabieeSection of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Elizabeth C VernaCenter for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Michael P AngaroneDepartment of Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Guadalupe Garcia-TsaoSection of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Section of Digestive Diseases, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut. Electronic address: guadalupe.garcia-tsao@yale.edu.

Funding

Yale Liver CenterP30DK034989 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI YASUKO IWAKIRI · 1986 to 2026
$31.1M
Training Program in Investigative HepatologyT32DK007356 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MICHAEL H NATHANSON · 1986 to 2026
$7.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034989NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007356
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a feared complication of ascites that affects 10%-30% of hospitalized patients with cirrhosis with an associated mortality rate of approximately 20%.

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AscitesBacterial InfectionsLiver CirrhosisPeritonitisAnti-Bacterial AgentsAscitic FluidHumansLeukocyte CountAnti-Bacterial Agents

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PMID34273564
PMCPMC11090177

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