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

Lucia Macken^{1

2}, Stephen Bremner³, David Sheridan^{4

5}, Sumita Verma^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK.
³ Brighton and Sussex Clinical Trials Unit, Brighton, UK.
⁴ Institute of Translational & Stratified Medicine, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
⁵ South West Liver Unit, University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.

Comment

Lucia Macken et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;52(7):1268-1269.

doi: 10.1111/apt.15983.

Lucia Macken^{1

2}, Stephen Bremner³, David Sheridan^{4

5}, Sumita Verma^{1

2}

¹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK.
³ Brighton and Sussex Clinical Trials Unit, Brighton, UK.
⁴ Institute of Translational & Stratified Medicine, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
⁵ South West Liver Unit, University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.

No abstract available

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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.
Letter: long-term abdominal drains in refractory ascites-evolving concept of palliative care in decompensated cirrhosis.
Roy A, Taneja S, Duseja AK, Singh V. Roy A, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Oct;52(7):1266-1267. doi: 10.1111/apt.15944. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020. PMID: 33016534 No abstract available.

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