It is used for a number of reasons: * to relieve abdominal pressure from ascites * to diagnose spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and other infections (e.g. abdominal TB) * to diagnose metastatic cancer * to diagnose blood in peritoneal space in trauma
Paracentesis
Peritoneal washing
Perihepatic packing
Thoracentesis
Methaniazide/thioacetazone
Peritoneovenous shunt
Lithotomy
Percutaneous hepatic perfusion