Epidemiological, Clinical and Etiological Aspects of Ascites in the Medicine Department at the Departmental University Hospital of Borgou

Abstract

Goals: The study has been initiated in order to describe the epidemiological, clinical and etiological aspect of the ascites. Patients and methods: This was a retrospective and descriptive study on the patients with an ascite and followed at the medicine department of Borgou departmental teaching hospital. Results: A total of 190 patients have presented an ascite or a hospital prevalence at 3.93%. A male predominance has been observed with a sex-ratio at 1.7. The average age was 39.7 ± 13.9 years. The reason for consultation is dominated by the increase of the abdominal volume (69.5%). The ascite fluid is macroscopically yellow citrine. The cirrhosis (28.5%) and the heart diseases (18.6%) were the most encountered causes of the ascites. Conclusion: The etiologies of ascites are various and dominated by the hepatic cirrhosis and the heart diseases.

Faktor yang Berkaitan dengan Kejadian Asites pada Pasien Penyakit Ginjal Kronik yang Menjalani Hemodialisis di RSUD Dr Moewardi Surakarta: Sebuah Studi Potong Lintang

“…Berdasarkan penelitian oleh Dovonou, dkk. 17 dan beberapa penelitian lainnya yang menunjukkan bahwa kejadian asites lebih sering terjadi pada lakilaki dibandingkan dengan perempuan. Sedangkan pada Terdapat beberapa laporan mengenai asites yang berhubungan dengan gagal ginjal yang disebut dengan asites nefrogenik.…”