Recommendations and Rationales
Document Overview
Design and created by Guideline Central in participation with the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
Management of Adult Patients with Ascites Due to Cirrhosis
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Publication Date: Oct 1, 2013
Page Last Updated: May 5, 2026
Recommendation Grading
Document Overview
- Document Title
- Management of Adult Patients with Ascites Due to Cirrhosis
- Authoring Society
- Document Publication Date
- Oct 1, 2013
- Page Last Reviewed/Updated
- May 5, 2026
- Document Type
- Guideline
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Full Text Freely Available
- Yes
- Full Text Guideline
- www.doi.org/10.1002/hep.26359
Document Scope, Criteria, and Use Cases
- Document Objectives
- This guideline includes 49 specific recommendations on management of Adult Patients with Ascites Due to Cirrhosis:
- Scope
- Diagnosis, Management, Prevention, Treatment
- Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)
D008107 - Liver Diseases
D008099 - Liver
D008103 - Liver Cirrhosis
D001201 - Ascites
D008107 - Liver Diseases
D008099 - Liver
D008103 - Liver Cirrhosis
D001201 - Ascites
- Keywords
- ascites, cirrhosis, liver disease
- Target Patient Population
- Patients with ascites due to cirrhosis
- Inclusion Criteria
- Female, Male, Adolescent, Adult, Older Adult
- Health Care Settings
- Ambulatory, Hospital, Operating and Recovery Room, Outpatient
- Intended Users
- Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Physician, Physician Assistant
Recommendation Development Processes & Methodology
- Number of Source Documents
- 110
- Includes peer/external review process?
- Yes
- Includes public comment process?
- No
- Methodologist involvement?
- Yes
- Patient involvement?
- No
- Includes multi-disciplinary group?
- Yes
- Includes systematic review?
- Yes
- Grades quality of strength of evidence?
- Yes
- Grades quality of strength of recommendation?
- Yes
- Discloses funding source?
- No
- Discloses conflicts of interest?
- Yes
- Includes benefits/harms analysis with recommendations?
- No
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