"Ascites" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Accumulation or retention of free fluid within the peritoneal cavity.
| Descriptor ID |
D001201
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.081
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ascites" by people in Profiles.
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Emergency medicine updates: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Aug; 70:84-89.
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The benefit of paracentesis on hospitalized adults with cirrhosis and ascites. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 May; 31(5):1025-30.
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Therapeutic approaches to the treatment of edema and ascites: the use of diuretics. Am J Ther. 2009 Jan-Feb; 16(1):98-101.
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Imaging-guided catheter drainage of abdominal collections with fistulous pancreaticobiliary communication. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2006 Dec; 187(6):1591-6.
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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for liver transplantation. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2002 May; 1(2):179-82.
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Laparoscopic liver biopsy in patients with coagulopathy, portal hypertension, and ascites. Am Surg. 1995 Jul; 61(7):603-6.
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Conjugated avidin identifies cutaneous rodent and human mast cells. J Invest Dermatol. 1984 Sep; 83(3):214-8.