Quality improvement initiative increases total paracentesis and early paracentesis rates in hospitalised cirrhotics with ascites.
Arun B JesudianLuis BarrazaPeter SteelNicole ShenYecheskel SchneiderDavid BodnarBrenna FarmerSavira DargarCristina Del ToroRahul SharmaRobert S BrownJennifer Inhae LeePublished in: Frontline gastroenterology (2019)
A multidisciplinary QI intervention targeting care in the ED successfully increased the proportion of patients with cirrhosis and ascites undergoing diagnostic paracentesis during admission and EP within 12 hours of presentation.