How do you decide when to initiate or restart diuretics in a cirrhotic patient with ascites if they are receiving a therapeutic paracentesis?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
This question has two parts, one with a straightforward answer, the other with a much more nuanced answer, if I understand it correctly.
Any patient receiving a therapeutic paracentesis should start/restart diuretics afterwards. Per the 2021 AASLD guidelines, one of the statements reads “LVP ...