Ascites

• Health: Conditions and Illness: Edema 
• Health: Conditions and Illness: Digestive Disorders: Tests and Procedures: Paracentesis 

• E-medicine – Ascites  - Contains extensive information on FAQs to identify risk factors, details on physical examination, causes, lab results, and staging of severity. Includes drugs of choice for treatment.
• EMedicine Gastroenterology: Ascites  - Article by Shah, Rahil and Fields, Janice M covers background, pathophysiology, causes, diagnoses, treatment, and follow-up.
• Family Practice Notebook – Ascites: Abdominal Dropsy  - Highlights detailed key points of the disorder, signs and symptoms, lab results, diagnostic procedures, and treatment management.
• Manifestations of Liver Disease: Ascites  - Relates definition, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
• MedlinePlus: Ascites  - Details causes, exams and tests, treatment, and possible complications.