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Pleural or ascitic fluid should be sent for analysis.

Ballottement may also refer to an assessment of an ascitic abdomen.

The ascitic white blood cell count can help determine if the ascites is infected.

Shifting dullness is usually present if the volume of ascitic fluid is greater than 1500 ml.

The same procedure was used for the ascitic fluid and CSF samples.

Neither study, however, directly measured the ascitic concentrations of tissue plasminogen activator.

This phenomenon is the result of Starling's forces between the fluid of the circulatory system and ascitic fluid.

Ascitic fluid should be examined cytologically.

This specific condition can be related to cirrhosis with ascites in which ascitic fluid leaks into the pleural cavity.

L1210 are mouse lymphocytic leukemia cells which are derived from the ascitic fluid of 8 month old female mice.

It is thought that the antibacterial, or opsonic, activity of ascitic fluid is closely correlated with the protein concentration.

It is a multifunctional protein found in plasma, ascitic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid and on the surface of many cell types.

Increased concentrations of these inhibitors have been found in plasma and ascitic fluid of patients with malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract or breast.

SAAG is calculated by subtracting the albumin measure of ascitic fluid from the serum value.

M. tuberculosis was detected in different samples of body fluids as well: in sputum, urine, stool samples, and in ascitic fluid (Table 2).

In one patient a sample of ascitic fluid, and in other case cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were obtained.

Identifying an organ or a mass in an ascitic abdomen: Try to ballotte the organ or mass, exemplified here by an enlarged liver.

Additional studies have confirmed the validity of the ascitic fluid protein concentration as the best predictor of the first episode of SBP.

Additionally, the sonographer can make an estimation of the amount of ascitic fluid, and difficult-to-drain ascites may be drained under ultrasound guidance.

The SAAG subsequently increases because there is more free fluid leaving the circulation, diluting the albumin in the ascitic fluid.

Clones of interest were expanded and cultured in the peritoneal cavities of pristane primed Balb/c mice to obtain ascitic fluid.

We have shown that the overall ascitic plasminogen activator activity is largely determined by a balance of tissue plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1.

Conversely, in individuals with very tense ascites, it has been hypothesized that removal of ascitic fluid may improve renal function if it decreases the pressure on the renal veins.

Cultures of blood and urine were obtained on all patients; cultures of sputum, pleural fluid, ascitic fluid, and cerebrospinal fluid were obtained as clinically indicated.

The diagnosis of malignancy was ultimately confirmed at surgery in all but one patient, in whom the diagnosis was confirmed by the finding of malignant cells in ascitic fluid.