TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 28. Paracentesis/Peritoneal Lavage A1 - Sudel, Boris A1 - Li, B U.K. A2 - Goodman, Denise M. A2 - Green, Thomas P. A2 - Unti, Sharon M. A2 - Powell, Elizabeth C. Y1 - 2007 N1 - T2 - Current Procedures: Pediatrics AB - • Diagnostic sampling of ascitic fluid (eg, internal bleeding following blunt abdominal trauma, chylous ascites after surgery, rule out malignancy, identification of infectious organism in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis).• Therapeutic removal of the ascitic fluid (eg, chylous ascites, tense ascites, intestinal lymphangiectasia). SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7000104 ER -