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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis: Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcome

NCT00490217 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2007-06-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a severe complication of ascites in cirrhotic patients. Under clinical experience, this condition seems to be more uncommon in Finland. The aim of this study was to measure the incidence of SBP in consecutive patients with ascites requiring hospitalization in a Finnish University Hospital.

Conditions

  • Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
  • Primary Peritonitis
  • Ascites

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tampere University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jahangir A Khan, MS · Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital

  • Pekka Collin, MD · Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital

  • Pekka Pikkarainen, MD · Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1993-12-31
Completion
2007-03-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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