Guruprasad P Aithal, Naaventhan Palaniyappan, Louise China, Suvi Härmälä, Lucia Macken, Jennifer M Ryan, Emilie A Wilkes, Kevin Moore, Joanna A Leithead, Peter C Hayes, Alastair J O'Brien, Sumita Verma
The British Society of Gastroenterology in collaboration with British Association for the Study of the Liver has prepared this document. The aim of this guideline is to review and summarise the evidence that guides clinical diagnosis and management of ascites in patients with cirrhosis. Substantial advances have been made in this area since the publication of the last guideline in 2007. These guidelines are based on a comprehensive literature search and comprise systematic reviews in the key areas, including the diagnostic tests, diuretic use, therapeutic paracentesis, use of albumin, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and beta-blockers in patients with ascites...
January 2021: Gut