Predictors of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients with Cirrhotic Ascites.

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a serious complication of liver cirrhosis and a prognostic model to predict it is needed. This study was designed to test the ability of different laboratory tests and the new scoring system by Wehmeyer and colleagues (consisting of age, C-reactive protein (CRP) and platelet count) to predict it. Three-hundred patients admitted to the National Liver Institute, University of Menoufia, Egypt (2015-2016) with liver cirrhosis and ascites were included in our study.