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Complications and Treatment JOEL J. HEIDELBAUGH, M.D., and MARYANN SHERBONDY, M.D. University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Major complications of cirrhosis include ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hepatic encephalopathy, portal hypertension, variceal bleeding, and hepatorenal syndrome. Diagnostic studies on ascitic fluid should include a differential leukocyte count, total protein level, a serum-ascites albumin gradient,…