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  2. Paracentesis - Wikipedia

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    Paracentesis is known to be a safe procedure when ascitic fluid is readily visible, so complications are typically rare. Possible complications following or during the procedure involve infection, bleeding, the leakage ascitic of fluid, or bowel perforation .

  3. Ascites - Wikipedia

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    Refractory ascites is characterized as ascites that recurs or does not recede post-paracentesis, despite diet control and diuretic treatment. [14] Uncomplicated ascites is more common, responsive to treatment, and exists in three grades: [15] Grade 1: mild, only visible on ultrasound and CT; Grade 2: detectable with flank bulging and shifting ...

  4. Peritoneal fluid - Wikipedia

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    The serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is the most useful index for evaluating peritoneal fluid and can help distinguish ascites caused by portal hypertension (cirrhosis, portal vein thrombosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome, etc.) from other causes of ascites. SAAG is calculated by subtracting the albumin measure of ascitic fluid from the serum value.

  5. Portal hypertension - Wikipedia

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    The management of ascites needs to be gradual to avoid sudden changes in systemic volume status, which can precipitate hepatic encephalopathy, kidney failure, and death. The management includes salt restriction in diet, diuretics to urinate excess salt and water ( furosemide , spironolactone ), paracentesis to manually remove the ascitic fluid ...

  6. Trump deputizes thousands of federal agents to arrest immigrants

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    In a move that could supercharge the government's deportation forces, the Trump administration late Thursday deputized thousands more federal law enforcement officers to arrest immigrants in the ...

  7. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis - Wikipedia

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    Ascites is most commonly a complication of cirrhosis of the liver. [1] It can also occur in patients with nephrotic syndrome. [3] [4] SBP has a high mortality rate. [5] The diagnosis of SBP requires paracentesis, a sampling of the peritoneal fluid taken from the peritoneal cavity. [6]

  8. Meta says it didn't force users to follow Trump on Facebook ...

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    Meta is denying claims circulating on social media that it forced Facebook and Instagram users to follow President Trump 's official accounts, saying the changes some users noticed were standard ...

  9. Trump signs order to block federal support for minors’ gender ...

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    President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to end federal support for medical procedures aimed at altering sex or gender that involve surgical interventions or the use of puberty ...