Review Article
The Interstitial Lymphatic Peritoneal Mesothelium Axis in Portal Hypertensive Ascites: When in Danger, Go Back to the Sea
Table 2
Characteristics of progressive portal hypertensive syndrome.
| Increased: | Hyperdynamic blood circulation | Hypoxia | Sodium and water retention | Lymph formation | Hyperdynamic lymphatic circulation | Lymph leakage into peritoneal cavity | Ascites | Refractory ascites | Bacterascites | Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis | Secondary bacterial peritonitis | Hepatorenal syndrome | Sepsis | Hypotension and hypothermia | Severe sepsis | Septic shock | |
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