Differentiation of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis from Secondary Peritonitis in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: Retrospective Multicentre Study
Würstle S, Hapfelmeier A, Karapetyan S, Studen F, Isaakidou A, Schneider T, Schmid R, von Delius S, Gundling F, Burgkart R, Obermeier A, Mayr U, Ringelhan M, Rasch S, Lahmer T, Geisler F, Turner P, Chan B, Spinner C, Schneider J. Differentiation of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis from Secondary Peritonitis in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: Retrospective Multicentre Study. Diagnostics 2023, 13: 994. PMID: 36900138, PMCID: PMC10000989, DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13050994.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisRetrospective multicentre studySecondary peritonitisLiver cirrhosisSBP episodesBacterial peritonitisMulticentre studySeverity of illnessHigh-risk groupAscitic fluid infectionSelection operator (LASSO) regression modelPeritonitis episodesLaboratory parametersFluid infectionSerious complicationsUnivariable analysisInfected ascitesClinicopathological parametersPeritonitisTreatment approachesCirrhosisAscitesPatientsGerman hospitalsPoint score