koto.kpu-m.ac.jp Aims To investigate the safety of anterior chamber (AC) paracentesis using a 30-gauge needle integrated with a specially designed disposable pipette. Methods In this retrospective ...

METHODS In this retrospective study 361 patients with uveitis, who underwent a diagnostic anterior chamber paracentesis in an outpatient clinic, were investigated. 72 of the 361 patients were examined ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63(17):1641-1646. Our institution, the University of Virginia Health System (UVHS), added factor VIIa (recombinant) to its formulary on August 27, 1999. Informal ...

In ascitic patients, paracentesis requires temporary reversion of oral anticoagulation with fresh frozen plasma. Failure of thrombolysis or angioplasty and the presence of a diffuse hepatic-vein ...

iDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada jDepartment of Community Health Sciences, O ...

Despite initial attempts at hemostasis through abdominal wall compression, these measures proved ineffective, necessitating the use of a urinary catheter balloon for effective compression hemostasis.

The complication rate for cystostomy (surgical procedure for insertion of a suprapubic catheter (SPC)) ranges from 1.6% to 2.4%. The first few catheter changes after the initial SPC insertion should ...

These guidelines on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPSS) in the management of portal hypertension have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) ...

“Before I had the PleurX catheter, it was hard for me to count on keeping appointments and dates. It would improve my mood, certainly, whenever I would drain. It was easier for me to sit up [...] I ...

27 Ascites: confirmed by imaging, and if symptomatic or requiring paracentesis. Intra-abdominal fluid collection: confirmed by imaging, and if symptomatic or requiring percutaneous or surgical ...