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 3

PCOC SAS.

	Pre-paracentesis	Post-paracentesis
Pain
Mean	1.79	1.53
Median	0	0.5
Range	0–7	0–7
Dyspnoea
Mean	0.79	0.78
Median	0	0
Range	0–7	0–7
Nausea
Mean	0.47	0.3
Median	0	0
Range	0–4	0–4