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	'''Ascites''' is finding that has many causes.		'''Ascites''' is finding that has many causes.

	Most common cause: cirrhosis.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/170907-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/170907-overview]. Accessed: 21 July 2010.</ref>		Most common cause: [[cirrhosis]].<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/170907-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/170907-overview]. Accessed: 21 July 2010.</ref>

	==Classification==		==Classification==

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'''Ascites''' is finding that has many causes.

Most common cause: cirrhosis.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/170907-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/170907-overview]. Accessed: 21 July 2010.</ref>

==Classification==
*Clinical classification is usually based on ''SAAG'' and can be divided several ways.
**''SAAG'' = serum albumin - ascites gradient; the concentration gradient between the ascites fluid and plasma.

*High SAAG, AKA "transudative", > 1.1 g/dL.
**Usually liver causes (cirrhosis, hepatic congestion).
*Low SAAG, AKA "exudative", < 1.1 g/dL.

==See also==
*[[Liver]].
*[[Autopsy]].

==References==
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