Practicals · Palliative Medicine · Procedures and Interventional Techniques
Abdominal paracentesis (ascitic tap)
- Type
- Procedure
- Also called
- ascitic tap, therapeutic paracentesis
Videos and resources
- VideoParacentesis7:47
- VideoHow To: Ultrasound Guided Paracentesis Procedure 3D Video1:58
- +66 more links
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Where the curriculum asks for it
“Abdominal paracentesis, pleurocentesis, pericadiocentesis, Intercostal drains” ( NMC curriculum, page 38)
“Abdominal paracentesis, pleurocentesis, pericadiocentesis, Intercostal drains” ( NBEMS DNB curriculum, page 57)