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Hepatology

proposal that primary renal sodium retention in cirrhosis expands plasma volume, which then overflows into the peritoneum as ascites.

In hepatology, overflow theory of ascites refers to proposal that primary renal sodium retention in cirrhosis expands plasma volume, which then overflows into the peritoneum as ascites. This meaning comes from Lieberman (1970) in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.[1]

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Lieberman, F. L., Denison, E. K., & Reynolds, T. B. (1970). The Relationship of Plasma Volume, Portal Hypertension, Ascites, and Renal Sodium Retention in Cirrhosis: the Overflow Theory of Ascites Formation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 170(1), 202-212. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1970.tb37014.x

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