Acute Hemodynamic Changes During Paracentesis

Universitätsmedizin Mannheim

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tense Ascites; Liver Cirrhosis

Treatments: Procedure: routine therapeutic paracentesis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02996188

IGR-paracentesis

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of our study was to evaluate hemodynamic changes during routine paracentesis in tense ascites using non-invasive inert gas rebreathing.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• refractory tense ascites with indication for therapeutic paracentesis

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy
• inability to give inform consent
• inability to perform rebreathing maneuver

Trial design

36 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with refractory tense ascites

Treatment:

Procedure: routine therapeutic paracentesis