title: Tense ascites in cirrhotics: a new definition?
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagral
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Gostout
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D004231:Diuresis; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D011168:Portal System / Q000503:physiopathology; D016683:Supine Position; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior