Just a Nick?: Mitigating and Identifying Paracentesis Complications
Image Credit: Wikimedia This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Mitchell Zekhtser, MS III Western University of Health SciencesAAEM/RSA Vice-Chair of Education Committee Case A 60-year-old female with a past medical history of alcoholic cirrhosis presented to the emergency department (ED) with abdominal pain and distension seven hours after undergoing a paracentesis. The […]
