Abdominal paracentesis

Abdominal paracentesis is a surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity for the removal of fluid for diagnosis or treatment. 

Paracentesis
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Diagnostic Tests
Shurouq Qadose
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Body Fluids
Deborah Goldstein
http://www9.georgetown.edu

NONIMMUNE HYDROPS
Geetha B. Thippeswamy, MD
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Abdominal Trauma
Cheryl Pirozzi, MD
http://medicine.utah.edu

Procedurepalooza 2010
Jason Poston
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Stressors of the Gallbladder, Pancreas And Liver
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Intra-Abdominal Hypertension (IAH) & Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS)
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Intra-Abdominal Hypertension (IAH) Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS)
By: Tim Wolfe, MD
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu

Hemosiderosis
Dr. David Cao
http://keck.usc.edu

Therapy of Anaerobic Infections
Douglas Black, Pharm.D
http://courses.washington.edu

Liver Dysfunction and GI Bleed Lecture 
Rose Bianchi, RN, DNSc.
http://online.santarosa.edu


79 Published articles on Abdominal paracentesis

1. [Puncture of ascites: abdominal paracentesis].
2. Evaluation of hospital complications and costs associated with using ultrasound guidance during abdominal paracentesis procedures.
3. Efficacy of disposable needles versus angiocath needles for therapeutic abdominal paracentesis.
4. Metastatic urothelial carcinoma with signet ring features: cytomorphologic findings in abdominal paracentesis.
5. Risk of complications after abdominal paracentesis in cirrhotic patients: a prospective study.
6. Abdominal paracentesis and thoracocentesis.
7. [Abdominal paracentesis].
8. JAMA patient page. Abdominal paracentesis.
9. Large volume abdominal paracentesis effect on some humoral factors and cardiac performance in patients with liver cirrhosis and tense ascities.
10. An evidence-based manual for abdominal paracentesis.
11. Should bleeding tendency deter abdominal paracentesis?
12. Choosing the location for non-image guided abdominal paracentesis.
13. Protect your patient during abdominal paracentesis.
14. Severe haemorrhage following abdominal paracentesis for ascites in patients with liver disease.
15. Preprocedure coagulation tests are unnecessary before abdominal paracentesis in emergency departments.
16. Performance standards for therapeutic abdominal paracentesis.
17. Continuous abdominal paracentesis for management of late type severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
18. Abdominal paracentesis and diagnostic peritoneal lavage.
19. Pseudoaneurysm of inferior epigastric artery following abdominal paracentesis.
20. Evaluation of peritoneal lavage and abdominal paracentesis in cases of blunt abdominal trauma--a study of fifty cases.
21. Effects of repeated abdominal paracentesis on uterine and intraovarian haemodynamics and pregnancy outcome in severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
22. Serious hemorrhage complicating diagnostic abdominal paracentesis.
23. Transvaginal drainage of ascites as an alternative to abdominal paracentesis in patients with severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, obesity, and generalized edema.
24. Hemorrhagic complications of large volume abdominal paracentesis.
25. A multicenter, case-controlled study of the clinical presentation and etiology of ascites and of the safety and clinical efficacy of diagnostic abdominal paracentesis in HIV seropositive patients.
26. Diagnosis and treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis. A retrospective evaluation of abdominal paracentesis and continuous postoperative lavage.
27. Abdominal paracentesis: a casualty of reductionist medical therapeutics.
28. Postoperative sepsis: reexplore or observe? Accurate indication from diagnostic abdominal paracentesis.
29. Recurrent pneumothorax following abdominal paracentesis.
30. Abdominal paracentesis for the ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome with severe pulmonary compromise.
31. Abdominal paracentesis.
32. On the treatment and prognosis of malignant ascites: is the survival time determined when the abdominal paracentesis is needed?
33. Fetal abdominal paracentesis in the management of gross fetal ascites.
34. Abdominal paracentesis: a diagnostic aid in ectopic pregnancy.
35. Abdominal paracentesis for malignant ascites.
36. Experience with routine open abdominal paracentesis.
37. Diagnosing ascites: the value of abdominal paracentesis.
38. Abdominal paracentesis for early diagnosis of closed abdominal injury.
39. Diagnostic abdominal paracentesis and lavage in the evaluation of abdominal injuries in dogs and cats: clinical and experimental investigations.
40. Diagnostic abdominal paracentesis and lavage: experimental and clinical evaluations in the dog.
41. Abdominal paracentesis in the diagnosis of ruptured ectopic pregnancy.
42. A clinincal evaluation of abdominal paracentesis in the horse.
43. Abdominal paracentesis and cystocentesis.
44. [Abdominal paracentesis. Diagnostic value in multiple injuries].
45. Technic and interpretation of abdominal paracentesis.
46. Abdominal paracentesis in the horse.
47. [Effect of abdominal paracentesis on the growth kinetics of an ascitic tumor].
48. Diagnostic abdominal paracentesis.
49. Diagnostic abdominal paracentesis.
50. Abdominal paracentesis and peritoneal lavage in blunt abdominal trauma.
51. [Abdominal paracentesis in the diagnosis of intraperitoneal hemorrhage].
52. Diagnostic abdominal paracentesis.
53. Diagnostic abdominal paracentesis in the acute abdomen.
54. Abdominal paracentesis.
55. Evaluation of "intracath" method of abdominal paracentesis.
56. Abdominal paracentesis with a dialysis catheter and peritoneal lavage--a diagnostic test in acute abdominal conditions.
57. Abdominal paracentesis as an aid in diagnosis.
58. UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF DIAGNOSTIC ABDOMINAL PARACENTESIS.
59. THE DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF ABDOMINAL PARACENTESIS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PERITONEAL FLUID AMMONIA LEVELS.
60. THE IMMEDIATE HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF ABDOMINAL PARACENTESIS IN TWO PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS.
61. THE DIAGNOSTIC ABDOMINAL PARACENTESIS.
62. Hazards of abdominal paracentesis in the cirrhotic patient.
63. Hazards of abdominal paracentesis in the cirrhotic patient. 2.
64. Hazards of abdominal paracentesis in the cirrhotic patient. I.
65. [Metabolic studies in cirrhosis of the liver. I. Electrolyte changes after abdominal paracentesis].
66. Acute Hydramnios, with Twins, Successfully Treated by Abdominal Paracentesis.
67. Evaluation of diagnostic abdominal paracentesis with experimental and clinical studies.
68. The acute effects of abdominal paracentesis in Laennec's cirrhosis upon exchanges of electrolytes and water, renal function, and hemodynamics.
69. Effect of abdominal paracentesis on the electrolytic pattern in bilharzial cirrhosis with ascites.
70. Abdominal paracentesis as a diagnostic aid.
71. Spontaneous abdominal paracentesis.
72. Acute hydramnios treated by abdominal paracentesis; case report.
73. [The electrocardiogram before and after abdominal paracentesis in subjects of liver cirrhosis].
74. Abdominal paracentesis in acute hydramnios in domiciliary practice.
75. Hepatic cirrhosis: effect of sodium chloride administration and restriction and of abdominal paracentesis on electrolyte and water balance.
76. An evaluation of abdominal paracentesis as a diagnostic aid in subcutaneous injuries of the peritoneal cavity.
77. A new method of abdominal paracentesis.
78. Fixation plate for abdominal paracentesis.
79. Abdominal paracentesis; a new method.