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A '''paracentesis''' is a medical "procedure in which fluid is withdrawn from a body cavity via a trocar and cannula, needle, or other hollow instrument."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref><ref name="pmid18334692">{{cite journal |author=Wong CL, Holroyd-Leduc J, Thorpe KE, Straus SE |title=Does this patient have bacterial peritonitis or portal hypertension? How do I perform a paracentesis and analyze the results? |journal=JAMA |volume=299 |issue=10 |pages=1166–78 |year=2008 |month=March |pmid=18334692 |doi=10.1001/jama.299.10.1166 |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18334692 |issn=}}</ref> A paracentesis usually refers to removing [[ascites]]. | A '''paracentesis''' is a medical "procedure in which fluid is withdrawn from a body cavity via a trocar and cannula, needle, or other hollow instrument."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref><ref name="pmid18334692">{{cite journal |author=Wong CL, Holroyd-Leduc J, Thorpe KE, Straus SE |title=Does this patient have bacterial peritonitis or portal hypertension? How do I perform a paracentesis and analyze the results? |journal=JAMA |volume=299 |issue=10 |pages=1166–78 |year=2008 |month=March |pmid=18334692 |doi=10.1001/jama.299.10.1166 |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18334692 |issn=}}</ref> A paracentesis usually refers to removing [[ascites]]. | ||
==Procedure== | |||
[[Image:Gray-image522.gif|right|thumb|350px|{{#ifexist:Template:Gray-image522.gif/credit|{{Gray-image522.gif/credit}}<br/>|}}The location of the inferior epigastric artery within the sheath of the rectus muscle.]] | |||
If a lower quadrant is used, inserting the needle lateral to the rectus muscle will avoid the inferior hypogastric artery. | |||
==Interpretation results== | ==Interpretation results== | ||
Revision as of 23:44, 23 June 2008
A paracentesis is a medical "procedure in which fluid is withdrawn from a body cavity via a trocar and cannula, needle, or other hollow instrument."[1][2] A paracentesis usually refers to removing ascites.
Procedure
If a lower quadrant is used, inserting the needle lateral to the rectus muscle will avoid the inferior hypogastric artery.
Interpretation results
A serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) of less than 1.1 g/dL lowers the probability of portal hypertension.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Paracentesis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wong CL, Holroyd-Leduc J, Thorpe KE, Straus SE (March 2008). "Does this patient 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.299.10.1166. PMID 18334692. Research Blogging.