therapeutic benefit is all that is required to proceed to paracentesis. Ultrasound guidance of the paracentesis can also be used as an additional safety measure...

and coagulation should be performed. Most experts recommend diagnostic paracentesis if the ascites is new or if the person with ascites is being admitted...

hypodermic needle or a paracentesis incision. Eye is anesthetized using proparacaine or tetracaine eye drops prior to ACP. Paracentesis is performed through...

called ascites. Sampling of peritoneal fluid is generally performed by paracentesis. The serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is the most useful index for...

Bleeding after paracentesis Bowel perforation after paracentesis Spontaneous fungal peritonitis. Patients with ascites underwent routine paracentesis; the incidence...

usually a chest X-ray, and urinalysis. If there is ascites, a diagnostic paracentesis (removal of a fluid sample with a needle) may be required to identify...

performed. In people with ascites, a diagnosis of peritonitis is made via paracentesis (abdominal tap): More than 250 polymorphonuclear cells per μL is considered...

diuretics to urinate excess salt and water (furosemide, spironolactone), paracentesis to manually remove the ascitic fluid, and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic...

starch in supportive treatment of ascites following the procedure of paracentesis. Polygelin is excreted via the kidneys and has a plasma half-life of...

encephalopathy by removing nitrogen-producing bacteria from the gut. Paracentesis, a medical procedure involving needle drainage of fluid from a body cavity...

the presence of blood (hyphema) in the aspirated vitreous fluid, in paracentesis of the anterior chamber. This is caused due to iris atrophy usually seen...

have bacterial peritonitis or portal hypertension? How do I perform a paracentesis and analyze the results?". JAMA. 299 (10): 1166–78. doi:10.1001/jama...

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Anterior segment Anterior chamber IOL (phakic IOL) Anterior chamber paracentesis Cassin, B.; Solomon, S. (1990). Dictionary of eye terminology. Gainesville...

ascites. If fluid is found, the process of eliminating it is through paracentesis; however, the analysis of this fluid has limited diagnostic significance...

diuretic medications or the removal of large volumes of ascitic fluid by paracentesis from the abdominal cavity without compensating for fluid losses by intravenous...

for which it has not actually been designed, such as thoracostomy and paracentesis. The drain consists of a straight metal trocar, which serves as a core...

Where salt restriction and the use of diuretics are ineffective then paracentesis may be the preferred option. This procedure requires the insertion of...

removal through a needle: Lumbar puncture, also known as a spinal tap Paracentesis, also known as an abdominal tap Thoracentesis / thoracocentesis, also...

supportive, although a woman may need to be treated or hospitalized for pain, paracentesis, and/or intravenous hydration.[citation needed] Shmorgun, Doron; Claman...

symptoms. Treatment of Meigs syndrome consists of thoracentesis and paracentesis to drain off the excess fluid (exudate), and unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy...

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Diagnostic peritoneal lavage Intraperitoneal injection Laparoscopy Omentopexy Paracentesis Peritoneal dialysis Hernia Hernia repair Inguinal hernia surgery Femoral...

Diagnostic peritoneal lavage Intraperitoneal injection Laparoscopy Omentopexy Paracentesis Peritoneal dialysis Hernia Hernia repair Inguinal hernia surgery Femoral...

Diagnostic peritoneal lavage Intraperitoneal injection Laparoscopy Omentopexy Paracentesis Peritoneal dialysis Hernia Hernia repair Inguinal hernia surgery Femoral...

including central and venous access, arterial cannulation, thoracentesis, paracentesis, pericardiocentesis, arthrocentesis, regional anesthesia, incision and...

stones with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, needle biopsies or paracentesis (needle drainage of free fluid inside the abdominal cavity).[citation...

peritonitis in the ascitic fluid of cirrhotic patients who have undergone paracentesis. Leukocyte esterase strip tests also have value in testing for peri-prosthetic...

conventional sclerostomy and enzymatic sclerostomy). Anterior chamber paracentesis is a penetrating surgical procedure done to reduce intraocular pressure...

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