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EVIDENCE FOR PRACTICE: Management of Ascites

...Ascites is the pathologic accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity......1 The most common cause of ascites is cirrhosis, which accounts for 85% of all cases. Malignant...
8/11/2008 | Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing



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Patho Puzzler: A puzzling complication of liver disease

...The mechanism behind the fluid buildup in the peritoneum, called ascites, isn't fully understood. We think that early on......excessive buildup of fluid in the interstitial spaces is abdominal ascites.Ascites isn...
4/25/2005 | Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!

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Case of the Month: A Case of Massive Meconium Peritonitis In Utero Successfully Managed by Planned Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of the Newborn

...massive meconium peritonitis due to intrauterine volvulus without malrotation. Fetal ascites was detected on a regular ultrasonographic examination, and fetal distress......was delivered by emergency cesarean section and demonstrated tense abdominal ascites with edema at birth. She required cardiopulmonary resuscitation and immediate...
12/6/2010 | Advances in Neonatal Care

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Hospital Nursing: What are the options for managing ascites?

...and weight gain in someone with liver disease may signal ascites, an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneum. Let's explore how ascites develops and how your patient can cope with its effects...
3/16/2007 | Nursing2013

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CLINICAL DO'S & DON'TS: Assessing for ascites

...bulging flanks, and a protruding, displaced umbilicus are signs of ascites, free fluid in the peritoneal cavity. Cirrhosis, heart failure, renal......are common causes. Shifting dullness and a fluid wave indicate ascites.DO...
2/11/2005 | Nursing2013

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Nutritional Status in Liver Transplant Recipients

...changes in body composition, with increased water weight due to ascites/edema, and decreased lean and fat mass.2 Ascites and edema can falsely elevate weight, even in the early...
2/8/2010 | Topics in Clinical Nutrition

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CLINICAL DO'S & DON'TS: Protect your patient during abdominal paracentesis

...ABDOMINAL PARACENTESIS removes ascites fluid from the peritoneum. Although complications are rare, risks include...
8/2/2005 | Nursing2013

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Case of the Month: Infantile Myofibroma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

...first ultrasound at 35 weeks' GA revealed polyhydramnios, fetal ascites, and a possible diaphragmatic hernia. At birth, CK had a......39; GA, at which time an ultrasound revealed polyhydramnios, fetal ascites, and a possible diaphragmatic hernia. Prenatal laboratory tests were significant...
2/25/2008 | Advances in Neonatal Care

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