Meeting
Abstract Number: 267
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Patients with refractory ascites often require large volume paracentesis (LVP) on a frequent basis. Most of the studies examining the clinical effects of LVPs, however, have looked only at one-time procedures. In addition, patients with ascites commonly present to the emergency department or require hospital admission for this procedure, leading to high health-care utilization. Our […]