TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Paracentesis
A1  - Killu, Claude
A1  - Ault, Mark
A2  - Oropello, John M.
A2  - Pastores, Stephen M.
A2  - Kvetan, Vladimir
Y1  - 1
N1  - 
T2  - Critical Care
AB  - KEY  POINTSParacentesis  is  a  relatively  safe  procedure  that  can  be  performed  in  either  the  inpatient  or  outpatient  setting.Diagnostic  paracentesis  should  be  performed  on  any  patient  with  newly  diagnosed  ascites  or  any  patient  with  known  ascites  that  has  a  change  in  clinical  status.Therapeutic  “total  paracentesis,”  the  removal  of  all  of  the  ascites  with  albumin  replacement,  is  a  safe  technique  for  the  treatment  of  symptomatic  ascites.Coagulation  testing  need  not  be  performed  and  correction  of  coagulation  abnormalities  prior  to  paracentesis  is  unnecessary.A-2  probe  ultrasound  technique  (low-frequency  probe  to  find  an  optimal  fluid  pocket  and  high-frequency  probe  to  evaluate  the  abdominal  wall  for  vessels)  should  be  used  in  all  cases.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1136419966
ER  -