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Gastroenterology • General Hepatology • Hepatology • Hospital Medicine • Primary Care • Point-of-care Ultrasound • General Primary Care • General Hospital Medicine
How do you determine whether to limit volume removal during therapeutic paracentesis in a patient without acute or chronic kidney disease?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Large volume paracentesis (LVP) can lead to complications such as post paracentesis circulatory dysfunction. In patients who have ongoing acute renal failure, patients with borderline low blood pressure, or in patients who have a history of hyponatremia, LVP should be limited to 5L.
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