Background: New internal medicine interns are expected to be familiar with bedside procedures such as paracentesis. Medical students frequently have inadequate dedicated time to learn bedside procedures and are taught in a fragmented manner. As a result, new interns lack familiarity with these procedures. As such, we assessed whether a comprehensive module for paracentesis would [...]

Background: Therapeutic paracentesis is a common procedure performed to relieve symptoms of ascites most commonly from cirrhosis, heart failure or malignancy. Previous studies have shown that acute kidney injury (AKI) is common after paracentesis and portends a poor prognosis, although these studies have excluded patients with pre-existing chronic kidney disease (CKD). Experiences in our hospital [...]