Large volume paracentesis: to do or where to do?

Lucia Macken^{1

2}, Naaventhan Palaniyappan^{3

4}, Sumita Verma^{1

2}, Guruprasad Aithal^{5

4}

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 NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
⁴ Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK.
⁵ NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK guru.aithal@nottingham.ac.uk.

Comment

Lucia Macken et al. Gut. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;70(12):2401-2402.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-324249. Epub 2021 Mar 12.

Lucia Macken^{1

2}, Naaventhan Palaniyappan^{3

4}, Sumita Verma^{1

2}, Guruprasad Aithal^{5

4}

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 NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
⁴ Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK.
⁵ NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK guru.aithal@nottingham.ac.uk.

No abstract available

Keywords: ascites; cirrhosis.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Where should ascitic drains be placed? Revisiting anatomical landmarks for paracentesis.
Siau K, Robson N, Bollipo S; Global Online Alliance for Liver Studies (GOAL); Global Online Alliance for Liver Studies (GOAL). Siau K, et al. Gut. 2021 Nov;70(11):2216-2217. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323731. Epub 2021 Jan 5. Gut. 2021. PMID: 33402414 No abstract available.