WGO Graded Evidence: Management of Ascites Complicating Cirrhosis in Adults

Level: Meta-analyses, Systematic reviews, Practice guidelines: 50 Abstracts

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	Cancer risk in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome: later age of onset. H Hampel, JA Stephens, E Pukkala, R Sankila, LA Aaltonen, JP Mecklin, A de la Chapelle, Gastroenterology. 2005 Aug:415-21
	Adenomas in young patients: what is the optimal evaluation? EM Stoffel, S Syngal, Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 May:1150-3
	Association between colonic screening, subject characteristics, and stage of colorectal cancer. L Fazio, M Cotterchio, M Manno, J McLaughlin, S Gallinger, Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Nov:2531-9
	Bedside leucocyte esterase reagent strips with spectrophotometric analysis to rapidly exclude spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: a pilot study. DR Gaya, T David B Lyon, J Clarke, S Jamdar, D Inverarity, EH Forrest, A John Morris, AJ Stanley, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Apr:289-95
	Cancer risk in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer due to MSH6 mutations: impact on counseling and surveillance. YM Hendriks, A Wagner, H Morreau, F Menko, A Stormorken, F Quehenberger, L Sandkuijl, P Møller, M Genuardi, H Van Houwelingen, C Tops, M Van Puijenbroek, P Verkuijlen, G Kenter, A Van Mil, H Meijers-Heijboer, GB Tan, MH Breuning, R Fodde, JT Wijnen, AH Br&oeig;cker-Vriends, H Vasen, Gastroenterology. 2004 Jul:17-25
	Diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic patients by use of two reagent strips. T Thévenot, JF Cadranel, E Nguyen-Khac, L Tilmant, C Tiry, S Welty, N Merzoug, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004 Jun:579-83
	Efficiency of colorectal cancer surveillance in patients with ulcerative colitis: 26 years' experience in a patient cohort from a defined population area. J Lindberg, R Stenling, R Palmqvist, J Rutegård, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2005 Sep:1076-80
	EUS-guided paracentesis for the diagnosis of malignant ascites. N Kaushik, A Khalid, D Brody, K McGrath, Gastrointest Endosc. 2006 Dec:908-13
	Hepatic venous pressure gradient in cirrhosis: correlation with the size of varices, bleeding, ascites, and child's status. M Wadhawan, S Dubey, BC Sharma, SK Sarin, SK Sarin, Dig Dis Sci. 2006 Dec:2264-9
	Hepatic venous pressure gradient predicts clinical decompensation in patients with compensated cirrhosis. C Ripoll, R Groszmann, G Garcia-Tsao, N Grace, A Burroughs, R Planas, A Escorsell, JC Garcia-Pagan, R Makuch, D Patch, DS Matloff, J Bosch, Portal Hypertension Collaborative Group, Gastroenterology. 2007 Aug:481-8
	Melatonin: prescribing practices and adverse events. DL Waldron, D Bramble, P Gringras, Arch Dis Child. 2005 Nov:1206-7
	Performance characteristics and evaluation of an automated-developed and quantitative, immunochemical, fecal occult blood screening test. A Vilkin, P Rozen, Z Levi, A Waked, E Maoz, S Birkenfeld, Y Niv, Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Nov:2519-25
	Race, gender, and colorectal cancer screening. D Lieberman, Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Dec:2756-8
	Screening colonoscopy in Chinese and Western patients: a comparative study. MS Soon, RA Kozarek, K Ayub, A Soon, TY Lin, OS Lin, Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Dec:2749-55
	Survival following the development of ascites and/or peripheral oedema in primary biliary cirrhosis: a staged prognostic model. CW Chan, JR Carpenter, C Rigamonti, F Gunsar, AK Burroughs, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2005 Sep:1081-9
	Women with a prior diagnosis of breast cancer are not at an increased risk for subsequent colorectal cancer. R Srinivasan, YX Yang, SC Rubin, MA Morgan, JD Lewis, Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Dec:2759-64
	Adverse hepatic events caused by radiotherapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. J Furuse, H Ishii, M Nagase, M Kawashima, T Ogino, M Yoshino, J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005 Oct:1512-8
	Aquaporin-1 and aquaporin-2 urinary excretion in cirrhosis: Relationship with ascites and hepatorenal syndrome. C Esteva-Font, ME Baccaro, P Fernández-Llama, L Sans, M Guevara, E Ars, W Jiménez, V Arroyo, JA Ballarín, P Ginès, Hepatology. 2006 Dec:1555-63
	Ascites and kidney transplantation: case report and critical appraisal of the literature. M Markov, DH Van Thiel, A Nadir, Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Dec:3383-8
	Chylous ascites secondary to pancreatitis: management of an uncommon entity using parenteral nutrition and octreotide. MY Al-Ghamdi, A Bedi, SB Reddy, RT Tanton, KM Peltekian, Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Sep:2261-4
	Computed tomographic colonography: prevalence, nature, and clinical significance of extracolonic findings in a community screening program. M Chin, R Mendelson, J Edwards, N Foster, G Forbes, Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Dec:2771-6
	Effects of nitric oxide inhibition by methylene blue in cirrhotic patients with ascites. G Kalambokis, M Economou, A Fotopoulos, JA Bokharhii, P Christos, K Paraskevi, P Konstantinos, A Katsaraki, EV Tsianos, Dig Dis Sci. 2005 Oct:1771-7
	Evaluation of hernia repair operation in Child-Turcotte-Pugh class C cirrhosis and refractory ascites. JK Park, SH Lee, WJ Yoon, JK Lee, SC Park, BJ Park, YJ Jung, BG Kim, JH Yoon, CY Kim, J Ha, KJ Park, YJ Kim, J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Mar:377-82
	Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer identification and surveillance of high-risk families. RV Silva, B Garicochea, G Cotti, IC Maranho, R Cutait, Clinics. 2005 Jun:251-6
	Hyponatremia in cirrhosis: Results of a patient population survey. P Angeli, F Wong, H Watson, P Ginès, CAPPS Investigators, Hepatology. 2006 Dec:1535-42
	Inappropriate colorectal cancer screening: findings and implications. DA Fisher, L Judd, NS Sanford, Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Nov:2526-30
	MLH1 germline epimutations as a factor in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. M Hitchins, R Williams, K Cheong, N Halani, VA Lin, D Packham, S Ku, A Buckle, N Hawkins, J Burn, S Gallinger, J Goldblatt, J Kirk, I Tomlinson, R Scott, A Spigelman, C Suter, D Martin, G Suthers, R Ward, Gastroenterology. 2005 Nov:1392-9
	Predicting pleural effusion and ascites following extended hepatectomy in the non-cirrhotic liver. Y Shimizu, T Sano, K Yasui, J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Jun:837-40
	Racial and age differences in colon examination surveillance following a diagnosis of colorectal cancer. S Rolnick, S Hensley Alford, GP Kucera, K Fortman, M Ulcickas Yood, M Jankowski, CC Johnson, J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2005:96-101
	Surveillance in Lynch syndrome. JP Mecklin, HJ Jærvinen, Fam Cancer. 2005:267-71
	Update on postoperative colorectal cancer surveillance. RW Schwartz, S McKenzie, Curr Surg. 2005 Sep-Oct:491-4
Supplementary evidence:
	Albumin administration--what is the evidence of clinical benefit? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. GR Haynes, RJ Navickis, MM Wilkes, Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2003 Oct:771-93
	An evidence-based approach to studies in cirrhosis and portal hypertension: medical management of mild to moderate ascites. JA Talwalkar, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2003 Nov:474-9
	An evidence-based manual for abdominal paracentesis. A McGibbon, GI Chen, KM Peltekian, SV van Zanten, Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Dec:3307-15
	Antibiotics for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotics. K Soares-Weiser, M Brezis, L Leibovici, Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2001:CD002232
	Chronic lupus peritonitis with massive ascites at elderly onset: case report and review of the literature. H Ito, W Nanamiya, N Kuroda, M Inoue, A Sasaoka, T Chijiwa, K Nishiya, K Hashimoto, O Nakagawa, Intern Med. 2002 Nov:1056-61
	Chylous ascites. A Cárdenas, S Chopra, Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 Aug:1896-900
	Consensus document on the treatment of ascites, dilutional hyponatremia and hepatorenal syndrome in liver cirrhosis P Ginès, J Cabrera, M Guevara, R Morillas, L Ruiz del Arbol, R Solàe, G Soriano, Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004 Nov:535-44
	Eosinophilic gastroenteritis with ascites: a case report and review of the literature. LM Fenoglio, V Benedetti, C Rossi, A Anania, K Wulhfard, M Trapani, E Scalabrino, G Alberto, D Novero, P Cavalloperin, Dig Dis Sci. 2003 May:1013-20
	Gross chylous ascites in cirrhosis with massive portal vein thrombosis: diagnostic value of lymphoscintigraphy. A case report and review of the literature. AJ Archimandritis, DI Zonios, D Karadima, PG Vlachoyiannopoulos, D Kiriaki, GS Hatzis, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2003 Jan:81-5
	Management of adult patients with ascites due to cirrhosis. BA Runyon, Practice Guidelines Committee, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), Hepatology. 2004 Mar:841-56
	Management of cirrhosis and ascites. P Ginès, A Cárdenas, V Arroyo, J Rodés, N Engl J Med. 2004 Apr 15:1646-54
	Management of refractory ascites and hepatorenal syndrome. A Chutaputti, J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2002 Apr:456-61
	The current and future management of malignant ascites. EM Smith, GC Jayson, Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2003 Apr:59-72
	The development of clinical guidelines on paracentesis for ascites related to malignancy. J Stephenson, J Gilbert, Palliat Med. 2002 May:213-8
	The management of ascites in cirrhosis: report on the consensus conference of the International Ascites Club. KP Moore, F Wong, P Gines, M Bernardi, A Ochs, F Salerno, P Angeli, M Porayko, R Moreau, G Garcia-Tsao, W Jimenez, R Planas, V Arroyo, Hepatology. 2003 Jul:258-66
	The North American Study for the Treatment of Refractory Ascites. AJ Sanyal, C Genning, KR Reddy, F Wong, KV Kowdley, K Benner, T McCashland, North American Study for the Treatment of Refractory Ascites Group, Gastroenterology. 2003 Mar:634-41
	The rational use of albumin in patients with cirrhosis and ascites. A Delphi study for the attainment of a consensus on prescribing standards. P Gentilini, M Bernardi, L Bolondi, A Craxi, G Gasbarrinie, G Ideo, G Laffi, G La Villa, F Salerno, E Ventura, A Pulazzini, L Segantini, RG Romanelli, Dig Liver Dis. 2004 Aug:539-46
	Therapeutic program for ascites. Recommendations from the Swedish Society of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy L L&oeig;&oeig;f, H Prytz, C S&oeig;derlund, S Wallerstedt, Lakartidningen. 2001 Dec 5:5649-52, 5655
	TIPS versus paracentesis for cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites. S Saab, JM Nieto, D Ly, BA Runyon, Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004:CD004889