RT Book, Section A1 Sudel, Boris A1 Li, B U.K. A2 Goodman, Denise M. A2 Green, Thomas P. A2 Unti, Sharon M. A2 Powell, Elizabeth C. SR Print(0) ID 7000104 T1 Chapter 28. Paracentesis/Peritoneal Lavage T2 Current Procedures: Pediatrics YR 2007 FD 2007 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-145908-2 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7000104 RD 2024/04/19 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).