Wednesday July 7, 2010


Q: Patient reports allergy to albumin as well as charted as Jehovah's Witnesses but require large volume Paracentesis. What's your other option?


A: Terlipressin (eg, 1 mg every 4 hours for 48 hours) can be use as an alternative to albumin for the prevention of circulatory colapse after large-volume paracentesis. Terlipressin is said to be as effective as albumin for this purpose.