Editorial: palliative long-term abdominal drains in refractory ascites-a step in the right direction, but not the complete solution. Authors' reply

Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Aug;52(4):723-724. doi: 10.1111/apt.15928.

Authors

Lucia Macken^{1

2}, Stephen Bremner³, David Sheridan⁴, Sumita Verma^{1

2}; REDUCe Study Team

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK.
³ Brighton and Sussex Clinical Trials Unit, Brighton, UK.
⁴ Institute of Translational & Stratified Medicine, University of Plymouth and South West Liver Unit, University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.

PMID: 32886369
DOI: 10.1111/apt.15928

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Ascites* / etiology
Ascites* / therapy
Drainage
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis
Paracentesis*

Grants and funding

PB-PG-0214-33068/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom