Risk of Complications After Abdominal Paracentesis in Cirrhotic Patients: A Prospective Study

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 906-909

  De Gottardi, Andrea ^a   Thévenot, Thierry ^b   Spahr, Laurent ^a   Morard, Isabelle ^a   Bresson Hadni, Solange ^b   Torres, Ferran ^c   Giostra, Emiliano ^a   Hadengue, Antoine ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARACENTESIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ASCITES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; PLATELET COUNT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67949107947     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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