Removal of fluid from the abdomen is called paracentesis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

What risks are associated with paracentesis or thoracentesis?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fluid Aspiration and Drainage (Parcentesis/Thoracentesis)] Reference

Pertaining to, or located in the palm of the hand. paracentesis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Fluid drainage (paracentesis/thoracentesis) with or without catheter placement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interventional Radiology] Reference

Again, the temperature often fell to normal after paracentesis and removal of the blood, to rise again with a fresh accumulation, which was not uncommon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

The anatomist chooses this median line as the safest place in which to perform paracentesis abdominis, well knowing the situation of 2, 3, the epigastric vessels, and of Y, the urinary bladder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Included in the set of procedures are several that many of us older internists consider basic internist activities: thoracentesis, abdominal paracentesis, naso gastric intubation and lumbar puncture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference

When it is required to perform the operation of paracentesis thoracis, this distribution of the vessel should be borne in mind; and also, that the farther from the spine this operation is performed, the less in size will the vessels be found.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

He was able to diagnose fluid in the chest or abdomen by means of percussion and auscultation, and to withdraw the fluid by the operation of paracentesis, and he recognized also that the fluid should be allowed to flow away slowly so as to minimize the risk of syncope.    From Wordnik.com.  [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference

Should the blood pressure be very high, paracentesis, for example, would apparently not be the proper procedure, and the resulting difference produced between the blood pressure and the eye tension would cause a rapid reformation of fluid with higher specific gravity and higher osmotic coefficient.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference

As best, I could determine from web sources, family practice residency programs continue to teach a wide variety of procedures including those that internists now only have to be able to talk about including thoracentesis, lumbar puncture and abdominal paracentesis. posted by james gaulte @ 4:16 AM.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference

If fluid is removed from the abdomen, this is called paracentesis.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

Seven cases underwent abdominal paracentesis, which was diagnostic in six.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

Applying a low threshold for diagnostic paracentesis to diagnose spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Large-volume paracentesis is a treatment used to remove excess fluid in the abdominal cavity resulti.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

Can it be felt by the hand or by the patient before the disease is too great to admit of cure by the paracentesis?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference

In heart-injuries, paracentesis, followed, if necessary, by incision of the pericardium, is advised by some surgeons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Every probable means to relieve her had been attempted by Dr. Groome, but to no purpose; and she had undergone the operation of the paracentesis repeatedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases] Reference

Beside the medical treatment, abdominal paracentesis for the drainage of the massive ascites and tube thoracostomy were performed, resulting in expansion of the lung.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Two or three leeches may be applied over the mastoid, but should the pain persist or should rupture of the membrane appear imminent, paracentesis must be carried out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

· One otoscope and one paracentesis needle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 9] Reference

Fluid drainage (paracentesis/thoracentesis).    From Wordnik.com.  [Preparing for Your Child's Procedure] Reference

Thoracentesis is very similar to paracentesis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fluid Aspiration and Drainage (Parcentesis/Thoracentesis)] Reference

My supervisor eventually took over, gave the local and succeeded) and I got to do my very first paracentesis (drain fluid from an expanded belly), which was actually less exciting than it sounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference

Bowditch on paracentesis thoracis, 221.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference

Hughes, Dr. on paracentesis thoracis, 220.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference

What is paracentesis?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fluid Aspiration and Drainage (Parcentesis/Thoracentesis)] Reference

Begbie, Dr. Warburton, on paracentesis thoracis, 220.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference