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A 66-year-old patient with advanced liver failure due to alcoholic cirrhosis who undergoes intermittent tapping of his ascites fluid is brought to the ED complaining of new onset fever and abdominal pain since yesterday. He underwent a paracentesis 3 days ago. On physical exam the abdomen appears mildly distended but not tense and is otherwise benign. Which statement is true regarding this patient:

By Ali Tabatabaey|2020-12-18T11:30:45-05:00December 18th, 2020|Comments Off on A 66-year-old patient with advanced liver failure due to alcoholic cirrhosis who undergoes intermittent tapping of his ascites fluid is brought to the ED complaining of new onset fever and abdominal pain since yesterday. He underwent a paracentesis 3 days ago. On physical exam the abdomen appears mildly distended but not tense and is otherwise benign. Which statement is true regarding this patient:

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