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Abstract:
A group of 29 patients with decompensated cirrhosis of the liver who retained a large amount of ascites under a hospital regimen during two months or longer was identified. The prognosis for this selected group of patients, while grave [during continuous hospitalization 11 out of 29 patients (= 38%) died], is not without hope: 18 patients (62%) improved and could be discharged from the hospital. Their further course was influenced by resumption of alcohol usage. Five of 11 (45.4%) who resumed drinking died due to hepatic causes within 10 months. Of the remaining six only one lost his ascites. Those who abstained (7 patients) remained alive for an average follow-up of 33 months and all lost their ascites. Alcohol resumption significantly decreased both survival (P less than 0.05) and ascites resorption (P less than 0.0015). Continued abstinence from alcohol may thus obviate the need for surgical measures to relieve ascites in these patients.
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