Ascitic fluid chemical analysis before, during and after spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Bruce A. Runyon, John C. Hoefs – 1 March 1985 – A retrospective analysis of 22 patients whose ascitic fluid had been analyzed prior to the onset of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, during infection and/or after treatment of peritonitis revealed that neither the ascitic fluid total protein nor the absolute ascitic fluid glucose changed during the infection or after treatment of the infection although the ascitic fluid/serum glucose ratio did decrease (p < 0.001) with infection.