Delayed hemoperitoneum following large-volume paracentesis in a patient with cirrhosis and ascites

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 357-358

  Martinet, Olivier ^a,b   Reis, Ernane D ^a,b   Mosimann, François ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascites; Cirrhosis; Hemoperitoneum; Paracentesis; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMOPERITONEUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCITIC FLUID; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034053054     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005424929241     Document Type: Article

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