The effect of large volume paracentesis on plasma volume—A cause of hypovolemia?
Henry W. Kao, Neal E. Rakov, Evelyn Savage, Telfer B. Reynolds – 1 May 1985 – Large volume paracentesis, while effectively relieving symptoms in patients with tense ascites, has been generally avoided due to reports of complications attributed to an acute reduction in intravascular volume. Measurements of plasma volume in these subjects have been by indirect methods and have not uniformly confirmed hypovolemia.