The Impact of ASCITIC Paracentesis on Symptomatic Outcomes in Palliative Patients: 3-Year Experience of a Melbourne Inpatient Palliative Care Unit Using Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration Assessments
Table 2
Details of interventions and complications.
Symptom indication for Ascitic paracentesis n,
(% of cases with this symptom as an indication)
Abdominal distension
14 (53.85%)
Abdominal pain
12 (46.15%)
Nausea
10 (38.46%)
Dyspnoea
9 (34.62%)
Anorexia
2 (7.69%)
Reflux
1 (3.85%)
Number of Ascitic paracentesis interventions per patient mean, (range)
