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What medicine can be given for patient with hyper thermia who has liver cirrhosis with gross ascites?thanks.
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Antibiotics: I assume you mean "fever" when you say "hyperthermia". Patients with ascites are at risk for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. This is infection of the ascitic fluid. In general a sample should be obtained and then antibiotics should be instituted.
Answered 2/23/2015
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