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Calculators

SAAG

Serum-ascites albumin gradient: serum albumin minus ascitic albumin.

Result

Fill the inputs to compute.

Interpretation
Classifies ascites by mechanism with roughly 97 percent accuracy.
Limitations
Same-day samples; mixed mechanisms blur the line.
Reference
Runyon BA et al. Ann Intern Med 1992;117:215-20.

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