Treatment’s option | Frequency | Percent (%) |
Salt-free diet | 106 | 38.8 |
Ascites puncture | 110 | 40.2 |
Diuretics (furosemide, spironolactone) | 148 | 54.2 |
Pain-killers | 160 | 58.6 |
Lactulose (duphalac) | 201 | 73.6 |
Blood transfusion | 24 | 08.7 |
Treatment’s outcome |
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Improved status (patients discharged) | 128 | 46.88 |
Discharge against medical advice | 60 | 22.00 |
Death | 85 | 31.13 |
Spontaneous survival (n = 68) |
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<1 month | 31 | 45.58 |
1 - 3 months | 22 | 32.35 |
3 - 6 months | 09 | 13.35 |
6 - 9 months | 01 | 1.47 |
9 - 12 months | 02 | 2.94 |
>12 months | 03 | 4.40 |