Classification of ascites by the serum albumin-ascites gradient

• High albumin gradient (SAAG ≥ 1.1 g/dL):

• Cirrhosis

• Alcoholic hepatitis

• Congestive heart failure

• Massive hepatic metastases

• Congestive heart failure/constrictive pericarditis

• Budd-Chiari syndrome

• Low albumin gradient (SAAG <1.1 g/dL)

• Peritoneal carcinomatosis

• Peritoneal tuberculosis

• Pancreatitis

• Serositis

• Nephrotic syndrome