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    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...
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    and coagulation should be performed. Most experts recommend diagnostic paracentesis if the ascites is new or if the person with ascites is being admitted...
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  • hypodermic needle or a paracentesis incision. Eye is anesthetized using proparacaine or tetracaine eye drops prior to ACP. Paracentesis is performed through...
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  • called ascites. Sampling of peritoneal fluid is generally performed by paracentesis. The serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is the most useful index for...
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  • diagnosing SBP in the ascitic fluid of cirrhotic patients who have undergone paracentesis." Braga LL, Souza MH, Barbosa AM, Furtado FM, Campelo PA, Araújo Filho...
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  • starch in supportive treatment of ascites following the procedure of paracentesis. Polygelin is excreted via the kidneys and has a plasma half-life of...
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  • syndrome. SBP has a high mortality rate. The diagnosis of SBP requires paracentesis, a sampling of the peritoneal fluid taken from the peritoneal cavity...
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    performed. In people with ascites, a diagnosis of peritonitis is made via paracentesis (abdominal tap): More than 250 polymorphonuclear cells per μL is considered...
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    also called venipuncture Lumbar puncture to sample cerebrospinal fluid Paracentesis to sample peritoneal fluid Thoracocentesis to sample pleural fluid Amniocentesis...
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  • 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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  • 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...
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    encephalopathy by removing nitrogen-producing bacteria from the gut. Paracentesis, a medical procedure involving needle drainage of fluid from a body cavity...
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    diuretics to urinate excess salt and water (furosemide, spironolactone), paracentesis to manually remove the ascitic fluid, and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic...
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  • nephrolithiasis and bowel gas pattern Symptomatic relief may be provided by paracentesis, which may also diagnose spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) Gastrointestinal...
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    stones with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, needle biopsies or paracentesis (needle drainage of free fluid inside the abdominal cavity).[citation...
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    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...
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    diuretic medications or the removal of large volumes of ascitic fluid by paracentesis from the abdominal cavity without compensating for fluid losses by intravenous...
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    Anterior segment Anterior chamber IOL (phakic IOL) Anterior chamber paracentesis Cassin, B.; Solomon, S. (1990). Dictionary of eye terminology. Gainesville...
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    Diagnostic peritoneal lavage Intraperitoneal injection Laparoscopy Omentopexy Paracentesis Peritoneal dialysis Hernia Hernia repair Inguinal hernia surgery Femoral...
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  • removal through a needle: Lumbar puncture, also known as a spinal tap Paracentesis, also known as an abdominal tap Thoracentesis / thoracocentesis, also...
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    one week across multiple sessions and after large volume (>5 liter) paracentesis in ascites. These indications have shown positive outcomes respective...
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    ascites. If fluid is found, the process of eliminating it is through paracentesis; however, the analysis of this fluid has limited diagnostic significance...
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  • Diagnostic peritoneal lavage Intraperitoneal injection Laparoscopy Omentopexy Paracentesis Peritoneal dialysis Hernia Hernia repair Inguinal hernia surgery Femoral...
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  • supportive, although a woman may need to be treated or hospitalized for pain, paracentesis, and/or intravenous hydration.[citation needed] Shmorgun, Doron; Claman...
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    Where salt restriction and the use of diuretics are ineffective then paracentesis may be the preferred option. This procedure requires the insertion of...
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  • Diagnostic peritoneal lavage Intraperitoneal injection Laparoscopy Omentopexy Paracentesis Peritoneal dialysis Hernia Hernia repair Inguinal hernia surgery Femoral...
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  • Parazentese und Paukenröhrchen" [Perforation of the eardrum. On the history of paracentesis and grommet insertion]. Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie (in German). 75 (3): 178–83...
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    Diagnostic peritoneal lavage Intraperitoneal injection Laparoscopy Omentopexy Paracentesis Peritoneal dialysis Hernia Hernia repair Inguinal hernia surgery Femoral...
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