[Intravenous re-infusion of ascitic fluid in patients with treatment-resistant cirrhotic ascites (author's transl)].

Unmodified ascitic fluid was re-infused into 14 patients with treatment-resistant cirrhotic ascites. Re-infusion lasted for 41 hours, divided over five days, with an average duration of 8 3/4 hours per day. Weight reduction averaged 10.5 kg, decrease in abdominal circumference 13 cm. Urine production rose by an average of + 23.7%. Azotaemia and abnormal serum electrolytes levels tended towards normal.