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

Improved status (patients discharged)

128

46.88

Discharge against medical advice

60

22.00

Death

85

31.13

Spontaneous survival (n = 68)

<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