Letter: long-term abdominal drains in refractory ascites-evolving concept of palliative care in decompensated cirrhosis

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Akash Roy et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;52(7):1266-1267.

doi: 10.1111/apt.15944.

¹ Department of Hepatology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.

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Letter: long-term abdominal drains in refractory ascites-evolving concept of palliative care in decompensated cirrhosis. Authors' reply.
Macken L, Bremner S, Sheridan D, Verma S. Macken L, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Oct;52(7):1268-1269. doi: 10.1111/apt.15983. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020. PMID: 33016545 No abstract available.

Randomised clinical trial: palliative long-term abdominal drains vs large-volume paracentesis in refractory ascites due to cirrhosis.
Macken L, Bremner S, Gage H, Touray M, Williams P, Crook D, Mason L, Lambert D, Evans CJ, Cooper M, Timeyin J, Steer S, Austin M, Parnell N, Thomson SJ, Sheridan D, Wright M, Isaacs P, Hashim A, Verma S. Macken L, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Jul;52(1):107-122. doi: 10.1111/apt.15802. Epub 2020 Jun 1. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020. PMID: 32478917 Clinical Trial.

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