Outcomes following nurse-led day-case paracentesis
Nurse-led, day-case TP is an effective and safe approach for managing refractory ascites in decompensated cirrhosis. Mortality remains high, particularly in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and ongoing alcohol use.
Authors
- Ramli Umar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5988-8087)
- Emilie Wilkes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2672-2007)
- Aloysious Aravinthan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0527-5137)
- Pramudi Wijayasiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8475-523X)
- Ripak Purbe
- Helen Garrity
- Naaventhan Palaniyappan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7698-8869)
- Beverley Aram
- R Ma
- Mahir Yousuff
- Nicola J Monahan
Institutions
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit (GB)
- Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinme.2025.100538
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00