Can the smallest depth of ascitic fluid on sonograms predict the amount of drainable fluid?

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 440-444

  Irshad, Abid ^a   Ackerman, Susan J ^a   Anis, Munazza ^a   Campbell, Amy S ^a   Hashmi, Atif ^b   Baker, Nathaniel L ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Buena Vista Urgent Care   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Paracentesis; Ultrasonography; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARACENTESIS; PREDICTION;

ADULT; AGED; ASCITES; ASCITIC FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349434034     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20616     Document Type: Article

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