Research Article
MELD Score Is Not Related to Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
Table 5
Prevalence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic patients undergoing large volume paracentesis in outpatient clinic.
| Reference | Number of patients | Number of paracenteses | Prevalence of PBE |
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Mohan and Venkataraman [1] | 110 | 278 | 7 (2.5%) | Castellote et al. [10] | 40 | 204 | 1 (0.5%) | Evans et al. [11] | 427 | 427 | 15 (3.5%) | Cadranel et al. [12] | 355 | 976 | 65 (1.2%) | Present study | 148 | 854 | 24 (3.3%) |
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