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  2. Paracentesis - Wikipedia

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    Paracentesis (from Greek κεντάω, "to pierce") is a form of body fluid sampling procedure, generally referring to peritoneocentesis (also called laparocentesis or abdominal paracentesis) in which the peritoneal cavity is punctured by a needle to sample peritoneal fluid.

  3. Diagnostic peritoneal lavage - Wikipedia

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    This procedure is performed when intra-abdominal bleeding (hemoperitoneum), usually secondary to trauma, is suspected. [2]In a hemodynamically unstable patient with high-risk mechanism of injury, peritoneal lavage is a means of rapidly diagnosing intra-abdominal injury requiring laparotomy, but has largely been replaced in trauma care by the use of a focused assessment with sonography for ...

  4. Ascites - Wikipedia

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    Ascites in a person with abdominal cancer as seen on ultrasound Liver cirrhosis with ascites. Routine complete blood count (CBC), basic metabolic profile, liver enzymes, and coagulation should be performed. Most experts recommend diagnostic paracentesis if the ascites is

  5. Fluid wave test - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, the fluid wave test or fluid thrill test is a test for ascites (free fluid in the peritoneal cavity). It is performed by having the patient (or a colleague) push their hands down on the midline of the abdomen.

  6. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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    Abdominal surgery always results in some scarring of the bowel, called adhesions. A hernia, either internal or through the abdominal wall, may also result. When the bowel becomes trapped by adhesions or a hernia, it may become kinked and obstructed, sometimes many years after the original procedure.

  7. Cane Corso Proves He's Just a Big Baby When Vet Tech ... - AOL

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    Every dog has their own personality, preferences, and skills that make them one-of-a-kind, but many four-legged friends also share a few things in common. Most dogs, for example, love to go for a ...

  8. ICD-9-CM Volume 3 - Wikipedia

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    Percutaneous abdominal drainage. Paracentesis (55–59) Operations on the urinary system Operations ... Other procedures inducing or assisting delivery

  9. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Youth Services International confronted a potentially expensive situation. It was early 2004, only three months into the private prison company’s $9.5 million contract to run Thompson Academy, a juvenile prison in Florida, and already the facility had become a scene of documented violence and neglect.