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How much is too much? Pushing the limits of fluid removal via paracentesis
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022 Peritoneal fluid accumulation can be caused by a multitude of factors. Patients with chronic cirrhosis can suffer from recurrent ascites requiring repeat paracentesis for fluid removal and symptom control. A paracentesis is a commonly performed procedure
Rami Al Khoury
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Efficacy and Safety of Ascites Treatment in Liver Cirrhosis
Безопасность и риск фармакотерапии, 2022 Cirrhosis is one of the major health problems worldwide; and ascites is often its first and foremost manifestation. Despite the advances in modern hepatology, the presence of ascites is associated with a poor prognosis and high mortality.
G. A. Ignatenko +4 more
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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: update on diagnosis and treatment
Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a common complication in patients with liver cirrhosis, with an increased risk of mortality. For this reason, a diagnostic paracentesis should be performed in all patients with ascites and clinical features with
Popoiag Roxana-Emanuela +1 more
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Livers, 2023 Paracentesis is a validated procedure for diagnosing and managing ascites. Although paracentesis is a safe procedure with a 1–2% risk of complications such as bleeding, it is necessary to inform the patient about the possible adverse events.
Marta Patturelli +3 more
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Peritoneal-cutaneous fistula successfully treated at home: A case report and literature review
Open Medicine, 2020 We present the first case of peritoneal-cutaneous fistula (PCF) within ovarian carcinoma neoplastic infiltrates located inside a large abdominal hernia in a home hospice patient with massive ascites.
Kiedrowski Mirosław, Mokrosz Eliza
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Paracentesis Simulation: A Comprehensive Approach to Procedural Education
MedEdPORTAL, 2018 Introduction Structured procedural education and assessment of competency are growing needs for residency and fellowship programs. Simulation is a useful way to learn, experience, and practice procedural skills with competence.
Dana Sall +5 more
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AN ASPIRATOR FOR PARACENTESIS [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1918 Many forms of apparatus have been devised to create a vacuum sufficient to withdraw fluid from the pleural cavities. The Petain system is effective when the parts are new. It has the disadvantage characteristic of all complicated mechanisms of easily getting out of order.
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Pediatric Respirology and Critical Care Medicine, 2021 Context: Abdominal compartment syndrome in children carries a mortality of 40–60%. Although definitive treatment for this condition traditionally involves decompressive laparotomy, percutaneous catheter drainage of associated ascites is described as an ...
Beatrix Hyemin Choi +4 more
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JGH Open, 2020 Background Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is common in hospitalized cirrhotic patients with ascites and carries high mortality. This study aimed to determine whether early diagnostic paracentesis (EDP) 12 h from presentation (P = 0.057).
Luke Townsend +5 more
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Radiology Technologists Performing Peritoneal Drainage, Local Experience
The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology, 2022 Purpose We conducted this study to review our experience of peritoneal drainages (paracentesis) performed by interventional radiology technologists.
I Aljediea +4 more
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