;Causes of high serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG or transudate) are: * Cirrhosis – 81% (alcoholic in 65%, viral in 10%, cryptogenic in 6%) * Heart failure – 3% * Hepatic venous occlusion: Budd–Chiari syndrome or veno-occlusive disease * Constrictive pericarditis * Kwashiorkor (childhood protein-energy malnutrition) ;Causes of low SAAG ("exudate") are * Cancer (metastasis and primary peritoneal carcinomatosis) – 10% * Infection: Tuberculosis – 2% or spontaneous bacterial peritonitis * Pancreatitis – 1% * Serositis * Nephrotic syndrome * Hereditary angioedema ;Other rare causes * Meigs syndrome * Vasculitis * Hypothyroidism * Renal dialysis * Peritoneum mesothelioma * Abdominal tuberculosis * Mastocytosis
symptom of Hypoalbuminemia
symptom of Acute liver failure
symptom of Gastrointestinal bleeding
symptom of Bowel obstruction
symptom of Heart failure
symptom of Hepatitis
symptoms of Acute liver failure
symptom of Upper gastrointestinal bleeding