EMDaily Board Review Question 11 with Dr. Joseph Cesarine

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A 55 year-old male with history of hepatic cirrhosis is brought to the ED for altered mental status. His vitals are T 100.2, HR 74, BP 113/72, SpO2 96%, RR 18. He is alert but mildly confused. He has a distended abdomen and has no abdominal tenderness but reports some vague abdominal pain. You peform a paracentesis to analyze this patient's ascitic fluid. At what ascitic fluid cell count is spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) confirmed?

>250 PMNs or >500 WBC

>250 PMNs or >1000 WBC

>500 PMNs or >1000 WBC

>100 PMNs or >250 WBC

>50 PMNs or >100 WBC